One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.
There's a fine line between information and propaganda.
The most profound things are inexpressible.
Everyone's work is equally important.
I was hesitant to approach people. I'm socially awkward. But I was working on a number of memorials, and finally it dawned on me: These are memorials to people who wrote, so I should use their writing. That's how I started to quit.
Turn soft and lovely any time you have a chance
The desperate things seem to require attention, the lovely things seem to elicit celebration. If I had to choose, I would go to the awful in the hope that doing something could yield a happier result.
If man were never to fade away. . . but lingered on forever in the world, how things would lose their power to move us. The most precious thing in life is its uncertainty.
I started writing just to have a creative outlet during the down time.
Today's challenge for women: to value ourselves and demand that others do, too.
A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention