In my belief, a harvest is also a legacy, for very often what you reap is, in the way of small miracles, more than you consciously know you have sown.

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

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.

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

the one universal form of art is music.

Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.

In my belief, a harvest is also a legacy, for very often what you reap is, in the way of small miracles, more than you consciously know you have sown.