Anything we tell our kids about life is a placemarker until they figure it out for themselves.

It is a rare woman who can overcome her desire to remain pretty and allow herself to become beautiful.

I wish to die knowing that I took a fleeting instant of eternity and fashioned from it a lifetime.

It pleases me to take amateur photographs of my garden, and it pleases my garden to make my photographs look professional.

Through the blackest night, morning gently tiptoes, feeling its way to dawn.

Most often, walking alone with my shadow is how I find my answer, the result of gathering together all agreeable parties.

The trick to playing second fiddle is to play it like second Stradivarius.