She waits for me, my lady Earth, Smiles and waits and sighs; I'll say her nay, and hide away, Then take her by surprise.

Whenever a snowflake leaves the sky,It turns and turns to say "Good-by!Good-by, dear clouds, so cool and gray!"Then lightly travels on its way.

Luxuries unfit us for returning to hardships easily endured before.

Grandma told me all about it, Told me so I couldn't doubt it, How she danced, my grandma danced; long ago.

What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father.

But when a snowflake, brave and meek,Lights on a rosy maiden's cheek,It starts-"How warm and soft the day!""'T is summer!" and it melts away.

[On the Netherlands:] There is not a richer or more carefully tilled garden spot in the whole world than this leaky, springy little country.

Life is a mystery as deep as ever death can be.

[On The Netherlands:] ... the entire country is a kind of saturated sponge.

I'm as true a Protestant, in sooth, as any fine lady that walks into church, but it's not wrong to turn sometimes to the good St. Nicholas.

But I believe that God is overheadAnd as life is to the living, so death is to the dead.

I hereby grant you permission to write crap. The more the better. Remember, crap makes the best fertilizer.

Adaptability is about the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win.

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society.

The fundamental imbalance that is behind all of the other social diseases is patriarchy.

I'm realistic. And realistically, I'm not that type of player that earns that type of money any more. So I'd be willing to take a little cut to get a couple of extra years.

You stood over me and you made a promise to me, as sacred as any vow. And I can understand why you're angry, but you can't blame me. You can't hate me for taking your word.

My kids and I make pasta three days a week now. It's not even so much about the eating of it; they just like the process. Benno is the stuffer, and Leo is the catcher. They've got their jobs down.

You cried for night - it falls. Now cry in darkness.

Once the Roman Catholic Church in the West became the church most closely connected with the state, the Roman Catholic Church did not recognize the validity of any religion other than its own.