Venice is beautiful, but like a Bergman movie is beautiful; you can admire it, but you don't really want to live in it.

I guess what I want to learn is how to live in this world and enjoy its delights but also devote myself to God.

too many maniacs not enough michelangelos

You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control.

When you have only two minutes to say good-bye to the person you love most in the world, and you don’t know when you’ll see each other again, you can become logjammed with the effort to say and do and settle everything at once.

The beauty and variety of the natural world are merely the visible legacies of endless war.

That's your friend. My husband is my best friend. He's not the mirror that holds up my flaws. He's just the guy who's like, 'I think you're terrific'... It's just simple, showing up for each other.