When we give ourselves in love we become our most vulnerable. We are never safe. We become open to disappointment and hurt.

Assume that people are good until you actually and specifically learn differently. And even then, know that they have potential for change and that you can help them out.

I'd like to be remembered for being a good, kind, loving, gentle man who attempted to live wisely, and who cared a lot.

Man has no choice but to love. For when he does not, he finds his alternatives lie in loneliness, destruction and despair.

There are many miracles in the world to be celebrated and, for me, garlic is the most deserving.

To this day I cannot see a bright daffodil, a proud gladiola, or a smooth eggplant without thinking of Papa. Like his plants and trees, I grew up as a part of his garden.

Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.