Love was as hardwired into the structure of the universe as gravity and matter.

Pain and darkness have been our lot since the Fall of Man. But there must be some hope that we can rise to a higher level ... that consciousness can evolve to a plane more benevolent than its counterpoint of a universe hardwired to indifference.

God is found in this Life ... to wait for another is folly.

The young remember most deeply.... When we are old and failing, it is the memories of childhood which can be summoned most clearly.

There is a fullness and calmness there which can come only from knowing pain.

Mystery. The strangeness of place so necessary to some creative spirits. A perfect mixture of the classical utopia and the pagan mystery.

No lifetime is long enough for those ... who simply wish to understand themselves and their lives. It is, perhaps, the curse of being human, but also a blessing.