“Him that I love, I wish to be free – Even from me.”

“There are many people who would never have been in love if they had never heard love spoken of.”

There is nothing in the world I wouldn’t do for Hope, and there is nothing he wouldn’t do for me… We spend our lives doing nothing for each other.

“If we were all given by magic the power to read each other's thoughts, I suppose the first effect would be to dissolve all friendships.”

If you were riding in a coach And I were wearing a li, And one day we met in the road, You would get down and bow. If you were carrying a teng And I were riding on a house, And one day we met in the road I would get down for you.

On many an idle day have I grieved over lost time. But it is never lost, my lord. Thou hast taken every moment of my life own hands. Hidden in the heart of things thou art nourishing seeds into sprouts, buds into blossoms, and ripening flowers into fruitfulness. I was tired and sleeping on my idle bed and imagined all work had ceased. In the morning I woke up and found my garden full with wonders, with flowers.

When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.

Though no one can go back and make a new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new end.

“I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me some-one to please me and help my discrimination with his or her own re-mark, and at times, not doubt, to admire my acuteness and penetration.”

I want to be your friend For ever and ever without break or decay. When the hills are all flat And the rivers are all dry, When it lightens and thunders in winter, When it rains and snows in summer, When Heaven and Earth mingle-Not till then will I part from you.