“Oh, he did look like a deity – the perfect balance of danger and charm, he was at the same time fascinating and inaccessible, distant because of his demonstrated flawlessness, and possessing such strength of character that he was dismaying and at the same time utterly attractive in an enticing and forbidden way.”

“I have no duty to be anyone’s Friend and no man in the world has a duty to be mine. No claims, no shadow of necessity. Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”

“I have been finding treasures in places I did not want to search. I have been hearing wisdom from tongues I did not want to listen. I have been finding beauty where I did not want to look. And I have learned so much from journeys I did not want to take. Forgive me, O Gracious One; for I have been closing my ears and eyes for too long. I have learned that miracles are only called miracles because they are often witnessed by only those who can can see through all of life’s illusions. I am ready to see what really exists on other side, what exists behind the blinds, and taste all the ugly fruit instead of all that looks right, plump and ripe.”

“The beauty of collaboration between older and younger generations is that we combine strength with wisdom—a surefire way to accomplish more for the glory of God.”

“Some things just don’t need any words.”

“Hmmm…it tastes like fish, it looks like milk. Okay! I give up. What is it?” the cat asked.The cat with a thousand questions.”

“It’s hard to tell where reality starts, and reflection ends or if it is the right way up, or the wrong way down.”

“This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.”

“Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.”

“I only needed to stay one night, but my heart wanted to stay for all eternity.”

“When the sky gets jealous of water, color flows.”

“Love never looked so sweet.”

“These are what flowers look like when they stare up in awe at the night sky.”

“Even the devil had to admit that his handiwork was nice.”

“Flowers always stand out in one’s heart & in one’s soul.”