we have not yet developed a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination.

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.

A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.

Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air.

Every child has the capacity to be everything.

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

Things are not quite so simple always as black and white.

You have to be grown up, really grown up, not merely in years, to understand your parents.

There is nothing more boring for an intelligent woman than to spend endless amounts of time with small children.

Because I think people must be the same everywhere. Only these people are in my bones.

There is no time to plan, there is no space to think. No respite. No forgiveness. There is only war.

Sometimes it takes more courage to be the passenger than to be the driver.

To love love and not its meaning, hardens the heart in monstrous ways..." (The Rape Of The Swan)Footnote : A form of self-edification, infatuation, lust and the epitome of hedonism.

I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.

I'm not a stand up at all, it's such a fear of mine. My sister does it, and she's really great at it.

I have a good, hearty laugh and an energetic handshake, and those are trump cards.

If we could let go of our faith in money, who knows what we might put in its place?

I love a good Slash guitar riff. It's sexy!

There is a sumptuous variety about the New England weather... In the spring I have counted one hundred and twenty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours.