My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.

To mention a loved object, a person, or a place to someone else is to invest that object with reality.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you and make you feel abject. It's stimulating loneliness.

America, which has the most glorious present still existing in the world today, hardly stops to enjoy it, in her insatiable appetite for the future.

Only with winter-patience can we bring the deep-desired, long-awaited Spring.

The present is passed over in the race for the future; the here is neglected in favor of the there. Enjoy the moment, even if it means merely a walk in the country.