For it is not merely the trivial which clutters our lives but the important as well

People talk about love as if it were something you could give, like an armful of flowers.

But I want first of all- in fact, as an end to these other desires- to be at peace with myself.

No American can understand the need for time -- that is, simply space to breathe. If you have ten minutes to spare you should jam that full instead of leaving it -- as space around your next ten minutes. How can anything ripen without those 'empty' ten minutes?

It's funny how you can be mad at someone one moment and want to hug them the next.

So many things we love are you!

Geniuses were like storms or cyclones, pulling everything into their path, sticks and stones and dust.