"Nature is a rag merchant, who works..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Ten percent of people can think, another ten percent of people think that they think, and eighty percent of people would rather die than be made to think.”

“Art is a jealous mistress.”

“I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.”

“First be a good animal.”

“Dark clouds become heaven's flowers when kissed by light.”

“I stuck my head out the window this morning and spring kissed me bang in the face.”

“Writing anything is a treason of sorts.”

“Out of perfection nothing can be made. Every process involves breaking something up. The earth must be broken to bring forth life. If the seed does not die there is no plant. Bread results from the death of wheat. Life lives on lives. Our own life lives on the acts of other people. If you are lifeworthy, you can take it.”

“We have lit upon the gentle, sensitive mind And lost the old nonchalance of the hand; Whether we have chosen chisel, pen or brush, We are but critics, or but half create.”