I do not think that we have a “right” to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.

Words can bruise and break hearts, and minds as well. There are no black and blue marks, no broken bones to put in plaster casts, and therefore no prison bars for the offender.

Love affairs are the real only education in life.

Soup not only warms you and is easy to swallow and to digest, it also creates the illusion in the back of your mind that Mother is there.

one should be afraid of life, not of death.

Love for the joy of loving, and not for the offerings of someone else's heart.

Grumbling is the death of love