“I could spend the rest of my life turning my head to speak to her.”
“The snow has quietness in it; no songs, no smells, no shouts or traffic. When I speak my own voice shocks me.”
“I know pretty much what I like and dislike; but please, don’t ask me who I am.”
“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”
“Do I dare / Disturb the universe?”
“I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favourite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and the familiar climax and ending.”
“Beauty is an enormous, unmerited gift given randomly, stupidly.”
“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it’s in hot water.”
“We like to be out in nature so much because it has no opinion about us.”