Outwardly I am 83, but inwardly I am every age, with the emotions and experience of each period.

Governments may change, and opinions, and the very appearance of lands themselves, but the slowest thing to change is religion. What has once been associated with worship becomes holy in itself, and self-perpetuating, always built upon the foundation of mingled awe and attraction which the unknown has for the mind of man.

During much of my life, I was anxious to be what someone else wanted me to be. Now I have given up that struggle. I am what I am.

I saw the lovely arch Of rainbow span the sky, The gold sun burning As the rain swept by.

there is something dangerous about mirrors. ... What dynamite we handle when we lift a mirror or bend towards one! I seldom do.

At a touch, he explodes like a snapdragon into loud purrs.

Outwardly I am 83, but inwardly I am every age, with the emotions and experience of each period.