A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.

instant intimacy was too often followed by disillusion.

I know you have much to bear with in me, and I really do sometimes in you, but I have never looked at friendship in a deep sense as easy or entirely comfortable.

It is possible, I suppose, that we are returning to a Dark Age. What is frightening is that violence is not only represented by nations, but everywhere walks among us freely.

It is dark now. The snow is deep blue and the ocean nearly black. It is time for some music.

Though friendship is not quick to burn it is explosive stuff.

We cannot afford not to fight for growth and understanding, even when it is painful, as it is bound to be.