You can only see one thing clearly, and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that, and cling to it through thick and thin.

There are men I could spend eternity with. But not this life.

I was taught that I had to 'master' subjects. But who can 'master' beauty, or peace, or joy?

Men are more conventional than women and much slower to change their ideas.

Traversing a slow page, to come upon a lode of the pure shining metal is to exult inwardly for greedy hours.

Pay close attention to objects, events and natural phenomenon that would otherwise get chewed up in the daily grind.

Spring seems far off, impossible, but it is coming. Already there is dusk instead of darkness at five in the afternoon; already hope is stirring at the edges of the day.