A geisha has studied a man's moods and his seasons. She fusses and he blooms.

I had to wonder if men were so blinded by beauty that they would feel privileged to live their lives with an actual demon, so long as it was a beautiful demon.

Well, a peach has a lovely taste and so does a mushroom, but you can't put the two together.

Anyone can have a good day. The question is what do you do on a bad day. That's when you're being tested. In a very tangible sense, a bad day shows your innermost essence more than a good day.

Even stone can be worn down with enough rain.

Those of us with water in our personalities don't pick where we'll flow to. All we can do is flow where the landscape of our lives carries us

We lead our lives like water flowing down a hill, going more or less in one direction until we splash into something that forces us to find a new course.