It's the nasty and the accident that form the foundation for elegance that comes later.

Art becomes a spiritual process depending upon the degree of commitment that you bring to it. Every experience becomes direct food for your art. Then your art teaches you about life.

The telephone is a great knee-jerk machine, but if you really want to tell someone how you feel, you need the slowness of the letter. In a society where everything is fast, it's like going out in the country and looking up at the stars.

She who licks her lips knows the taste of her lover's desires

Letter writing is an excellent way of slowing down this lunatic helterskelter universe long enough to gather one’s thoughts

Do you see that I cherish you beyond question, that you have nothing to prove to me? You are making your journey to secure yourself. I am already tethered to your side. if you can love yourself as I love you there will be no dislocation --- you will be whole. Bring yourself home to me and I will immerse you in very ounce of tenderness I possess. - Sabine Strohem

I was frightened to go forward, but I was even more frightened of going back.