There is only one path which leads to the house of forgiveness - that of understanding.

Love is an orchid which thrives principally on hot air.

Impermanence is the very essence of joy-the drop of bitterness that enables one to perceive the sweet.

each separate flower has a magic all its own.

I've always thought my flowers had souls.

Silence always gives consent.

When we come to the sundown road, we need all the love we have managed to take with us from the summit of the hill.

A letter has distinct advantages. You can say all you want to say before the other person has a chance to put in a word.

Married and unmarried women waste a great deal of time in feeling sorry for each other.

The things that are ours cannot be given away, or taken away, or lost. We break our hearts, all of us, trying to keep things that do not belong to us — and to which we have no right.

Heart-aches are forgotten, tears lose their bitterness, and like a leaf of lavendar in a store of linen, so does Memory make life sweet.

How did I end up in this situation? I'm the district sales manager of a napkin factor. Why is my daughter in space?

How often have I painted a splendid picture of a journey marked by courageous ascents and daring desert crossings when all along all I’ve really been doing is running?

I’ve perfected the art of the fake smile. It’s not so difficult when you are completely numb.

My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.

He had a winning smile, but everything else was a loser.

I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd

... there can be no more shameless carelessness than with the food we eat for life itself.

The memory of past troubles is pleasant. [Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.]

Any time one seeks to produce for a larger public one inevitably has to drop material that would only be understood by a particular group.

Russian directors, we are shooting the same streets. The same things. Tom Jacobson has a fresh eye and found very interesting and very cool locations and angles and characters.