To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.

The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.

The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.

The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude.

The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame which penetrated and found response in depths of his own sensuous nature that had never yet been reached.

Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life.

She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining.

There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.

The artist must possess the courageous soul that dares and defies

Have you ever heard the earth breath?

She wanted something to happen - something, anything: she did not know what.

We all think we understand love yet we fail to see that no two loves are the same

I believe so much in the power of performance I don't want to convince people. I want them to experience it and come away convinced on their own.

While you might see a cat on a hot tin roof, a dog on a hot tin roof would be yowling its head off.

Margaret Thatcher once said, "If you want something talked about, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."

It has been said that the question, 'Why is there something rather than nothing?' is so profound that it would occur only to a metaphysician, yet so simple that it would occur only to a child.

I am a person of faith. I'm certainly not an atheist or an agnostic and I see some divine force somewhere.

What am I singing? A song of seeds The food of love. Eat the music.

Do not despise anyone: an atom shadowing.

My parents were married 53 years, good and bad. Can I do that? Probably not. But I really hope I can.

Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason... I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn't know how, but somehow I'd caused it.