Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and islands up and down the littoral of our life.

A pedestrian is a man in danger of his life. A walker is a man in possession of his soul.

The high-ceilinged rooms, the little balconies, alcoves, nooks and angles all suggest sanctuary, escape, creature comfort. The reader, the scholar, the browser, the borrower is king.

Books fall open, you fall in, delighted where you've never been.

A handful of sand is an anthology of the universe.

The decent docent doesn't doze; He teaches standing on his toes. His students dassn't doze and does, And that's what teaching is and was.

Your life will be rich for others only as it is rich for you.

Books fall open, you fall in.

The cricket's gone, we only hear machines In erg and atom they exact their pay. And life is largely lived on silver screens.

Life is a garment we continuously alter, but which never seems to fit.

But man must light for man The fires no other can, And find in his own eye Where the strange crossroads lie.

Without accepting ourselves, we try to meet requirements of society and do everything to be accepted

I wouldn't go back to ashes or dustWords gave me life and in them I will surrenderFrom words to words..

There is violence in this supposedly tender heart of mine.

Not only is example the best way to teach, it is the only way.

Portland can put the champagne away and get out the bottled water, 'cause that's all they're gonna drink on their way home!

If you speak evil, you will soon be worse spoken of.

There is not a single homely thing that, looked at from a certain angle, does not become fairy.

Popcorn-can cover / screwed to the wall / over a hole / so the cold / can't mouse in.

Every one excels in something in which another fails.

You are joy, wisdom, peace, compassion, and love