When two people love each other, they do not comply and does not dominate, only complement each other.

By 1899, we had learned to tame the darkness but not the Texas heat.

We had been so close to missing each other, he and I. He had turned out to be the greatest gift of all.

It is better to travel with hope in one's heart than to arrive in safety. . . . We should celebrate today's failure because it is a clear sign that our voyage of discovery is not yet over. The day the experiment succeeds is the day the experiment ends. And I inevitably find that the sadness of ending outweighs the celebration of success.

It's amazing what you can see when you just sit quietly and look.

Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.

The strongest people in the world are the ones who think they're weak.