The nicest gifts are those left, nameless and quiet, unburdened with love, or vanity, or the desire for attention.

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

Certain environments, certain modes of life, and certain rules of conduct are more conducive to inner and outer harmony than others. There are, in fact, certain roads that one may follow. Simplification is one of them.

Failures aren't failures if you learn something from them.

Love is a force.... It is not a result; it is a cause. It is not a product; it produces.

Forsythia is pure joy. There is not an ounce, not a glimmer of sadness or even knowledge in forsythia. Pure, undiluted, untouched joy.

I find the weight of air/Almost too great to bear.