To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.

When I cannot write a poem, I bake biscuits and feel just as pleased.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

When a writer tries to explain too much, he's out of time before he begins.

Work with "what is" rather than "what if" and you will move towards "what can be.

Like yeast, it’s impressive how considerably an ounce of determination can make one’s efforts grow and expand.

Patience is only possible within the time we are able to be patient.

Shadows are in reality when the sun is shining the most conspicuous thing in a landscape next to the highest lights.

Longevity conquers scandal every time.

A child's mental health is just as important as their physical health and deserves the same quality of support.

I can never predict what's going to happen.

A good businessman must have nose for business the same way a journalist has nose for news.

The aristocracy of Western Europe has absolutely tabooed silver in those countries and driven it away from there. Here it finds its only resting place.