It was whispered that we should sail in a boat, only thou and I, and never a soul in the world would know of this our pilgrimage to no country and to on end.”

“Friends, companions, lovers, are those who treat us in terms of our unlimited worth to ourselves. They are closest to us who best understand what life means to us, who feel for us as we feel for ourselves, who are bound to us in triumph and disaster, who break the spell of our loneliness.”

“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.