"The sigh of all the seas breaking..." - Quote by Virginia Woolf

“Every season is likeable, and wet days and fine, red wine and white, company and solitude. Even sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life, can be full of dreams; and the most common actions──a walk, a talk, solitude in one’s own orchard──can be enhanced and lit up by the association of the mind. Beauty is everywhere, and beauty is only two finger’s-breadth from goodness.”

“Without self awareness we are as babies in the cradles.”

“Men felt a chill in their hearts; a damp in their minds. In a desperate effort to snuggle their feelings into some sort of warmth,one subterfuge was tried after anothersentences swelled, adjectives multiplied, lyrics became epics.”

“Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.”

“Gardening is a labour full of tranquility and satisfaction; natural and instructive, and as such contributes to the most serious contemplation, experience, health and longevity.”

“Things have their laws as well as men, and things refuse to be trifled with.”

“Beautiful that war and all its deeds of carnage, must in time be utterly lost.”

“No deal means a greater chance of more war in the Middle East.”

“There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are.”