In the West, the insane are so many that they are put in an asylum, in China the insane are so unusual that we worship them.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

Happiness has always seemed like a bluebird, and consists of moments.

A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.

Friends don't menace friends with giant terrifying swords, okay?

Lover, " she whispers, and closes her eyes.It falls upon her.Love is like dying.

Virtue is an angel but she is a blind one and must ask of Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.

The work of Jana Harris is unique in American writing. She has always had a voice of true grit—sometimes harsh, sometimes funny, always close to the bone, tart, and indomitable.

I naturally prefer the company of people who hold grudges, as long as they are not held against me.

Overhead, the two moons worked together to bathe the world in a strange light.

An agony. The exit like the entrance - but reserved. A palindrome: gut-tug.

Don't look for the meanings; look for the use.

Nobody's going to go home for a year and come back. Nobody could ever enforce that. Nobody in their right mind would ever try to do it.

Even if your heart is broken and attacking you, you're still not better off without it.