Because way down deep they know that civilized people have to preserve rare birds.

I believe in courtesy. It is the way we avoid hurting people's feelings. She thought that maybe, just maybe, western civilization was in decline because people did not take time to take tea at four o'clock.

True simplicity is elegant.

Silence does for thinking what a suspension bridge does for space -- it makes connections.

How can you know what is missing if you’ve never met it? You must know of something’s existence before you can notice its absence.

The eyes are the windows of the soul.... If someone was to look into your eyes, what would you want them to see?

They are saying that if life has a structure, a staff, a sensible scaffold, we hang our nonsense on it. And they are saying that broken parts add color and music to the staff of life.