There is nothing that is comparable to it, as satisfactory or as thrilling, as gathering the vegetables one has grown.

Dawn comes slowly but dusk is rapid.

I have just learned a delicious French usage. On wedding invitations when they say the mass is at noon they mean one o'clock -when they say at noon precise they mean half after twelve - and when they say at very precisely noon they mean noon.

Illness sets the mind free sometimes to roam and surmise.

Sex is perhaps like culture - a luxury that only becomes an art after generations of leisurely acquaintance. Why we scarcely approach either as individuals - it's mass propulsion still!

There is nothing that is comparable to it, as satisfactory or as thrilling, as gathering the vegetables one has grown.

Experience is never at bargain price.