The early mist had vanished and the fields lay like a silver shield under the sun. It was one of the days when the glitter of winter shines through a pale haze of spring.

Only the fact that we are unaware how well our nearest know us enables us to live with them. Love is the most impregnable refuge of self-esteem, and we hate the eye that reaches to our nakedness. Edith Wharton ~ The Touchstone

She had no tolerance for scenes which were not of her own making.

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

In a sky of iron the points of the Dipper hung like icicles and Orion flashed his cold fires.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue.