Can one make the future a substitute for the present? And what guarantee have we that the future will be any better if we neglect the present?

It was a magic caused by the collision of modern methods and old ones; modern history and ancient; accessibility and isolation. And it was a magic which could only strike spark about that time. A few years earlier, from the point of view of aircraft alone, it would have been impossible to reach these places; a few later, and there will be no such isolation.

I would like to achieve a state of inner spiritual grace from which I could function and give as I was meant to in the eye of God.

There is no harvest for the heart alone. The seed of love must be eternally re-sown.

Cut asparagus at night - in desperation. When one is very tired one always does one more thing.

We walk up the beach under the stars. And when we are tired of walking, we lie flat on the sand under a bowl of stars. We feel stretched, expanded to take in their compass. They pour into us until we are filled with stars, up to the brim.

Only when one is connected to one's own core is one connected to others, I am beginning to discover. And, for me, the core, the inner spring, can best be refound through solitude.