“Like dust brushed from an old painting, as we journey beneath the surface layers of life, another landscape is revealed.”

“I hear you speak in songs of love, written for me only. And though I wander far too much, the path is rarely lonely.”

“Give me meaning, give me soul. Give my rapture, wild, a heart that is raw. Give me a mind that thinks for itself and imagines freely.”

“Don't dwell too long on the past, forgive and let it go. Too many hours have been wasted on old regrets and sorrow.”

“Wonder is all around us, when we know how to look. It's often in the simple spaces; a meadow, a stream, an unturned rock.”

“Love cannot be contained, love is destined to transcend and change.”

“To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.”

“art is risk made visible”

“Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.”

“Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.”

“Pride be damned, we do what must be done to survive.”

“I'd love to do comedy. And I think I have a pretty good sense of comic thing, so I'd really like to try that.”

“Im not a woman you bring home to Mother, pick out china patterns with, or Mary forefend, breed. Ive seen a chunk of the universe, true, but theres still so much more to see. I doubt Ill ever cure t...”

“My hope, my heaven, my trust must be,My gentle guide, in following thee.”

“Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial pools, and slow clouds sailed harmonious...”