Kissing tends to bring on woolgathering, even amnesia.

Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.

Gratitude is a humble emotion. It expresses itself in a thousand ways, from a sincere thank you to friend or stranger, to the mute, up-reaching acknowledgment to God--not for the gifts of this day only, but for the day itself; not for what we believe will be ours in the future, but for the bounty of the past.

There's nothing like fishing to pass the time and to incline toward a sort of magnificent stupidity in which nothing matters but tackle, bait, sunlight and the strike.

I've always thought that the most perfect fate which could befall any woman would be to be born a rich widow.

the one universal form of art is music.

Kissing tends to bring on woolgathering, even amnesia.