Nature, with equal mind, Sees all her sons at play, Sees man control the wind, The wind sweep man away.
I realized that I was really tired of people popping on and off of my property like it was a train station on the supernatural railroad.
Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.
My gran had always told me that a woman--any woman worth her salt--could do whatever she had to.
My mother finally took me to a child psychologist, who knew exactly what I was, but she just couldn’t accept it and kept trying to tell my folks I was reading their body language and was very observant, so I had good reason to imagine I heard people’s thoughts. Of course, she couldn’t admit I was literally hearing people’s thoughts because that just didn’t fit into her world.
Sometimes you just have to regret things and move on.
Vampires. They wrote the book on possessive.
The one word you use in military flying is duty. It's your duty. You have no control over outcome, no control over pick-and-choose. It's duty.
. . . I just feel impotent - I don't know which way to start or turn. You know what they say about a prophet in one's own country - well - in a way it works for me too: you see - this might be called my home town - well of all the old friends and acquaintances not one takes me seriously as a photographer - not one has asked me to show my work. . . (On returning to San Francisco)
I'd quite like to have one place where I stay put. And I don't like living in cities all the time. In order to have ideas, you have to have some peace and quiet.
The primary goal I set for myself on how I define what success looks like for me is am I working at a company that matters? Am I working with somebody who I think affects positive change? Am I providing a benefit to my family? Am I enjoying myself? Why would I put a limitation on my enjoyment? There is an old view on Wall Street that says, 'They love you until they don't. ' I am going to stay happy until I am not.