Womankind suffers from three delusions: marriage will reform a man, a rejected lover is heartbroken for life, and if the other women were only out of the way, he would come back.

Love is an orchid which thrives principally on hot air.

Impermanence is the very essence of joy-the drop of bitterness that enables one to perceive the sweet.

each separate flower has a magic all its own.

I've always thought my flowers had souls.

Silence always gives consent.

When we come to the sundown road, we need all the love we have managed to take with us from the summit of the hill.

A letter has distinct advantages. You can say all you want to say before the other person has a chance to put in a word.

Married and unmarried women waste a great deal of time in feeling sorry for each other.

The things that are ours cannot be given away, or taken away, or lost. We break our hearts, all of us, trying to keep things that do not belong to us — and to which we have no right.

Heart-aches are forgotten, tears lose their bitterness, and like a leaf of lavendar in a store of linen, so does Memory make life sweet.

Talent is only cream in your coffee. There is no reason to rest on your talent. If you don't present it, then it gets nowhere.

She couldn't detach from him, couldn't catch her breath, and didn't want to. Not ever again.

Unity in faith is theocracy unity in politics is fascism.

I just always considered myself to be different and able to explore whatever I wanted.

Opening her eyes again, and seeing her husband's face across the table, she leaned forward to give it a pat on the cheek, and sat down to supper, declaring it to be the best face in the world.

Always embrace the common humanity that lies at the heart of us all.

Obamacare, without a single Republican vote, cut $700 billion out of Medicare.

If you have a complex life, make it simple; if you have a simple life, continue it that way!

Success is all about consistency around the fundamentals.

All classes of society are trade unionists at heart, and differ chiefly in the boldness, ability, and secrecy with which they pursue their respective interests.