I think about my mother every day. But usually the thoughts are fleeting - she crosses my mind like a spring cardinal that flies past the edge of you….

The first pale blossom of the unripened year..

Every single cell in the human body replaces itself over a period of seven years. That means there's not even the smallest part of you now that was p….

I believe in process. I believe in four seasons. I believe that winter's tough, but spring's coming. I believe that there's a growing season. And I t….

In the spring of her twenty-second year, Sumire fell in love for the first time in her life..

I like to quote things..

Amazing uke playing to be relished..

Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritaria….

Sprigs of plum by the corner of the wall Are blooming alone in the cold; If not for the subtle fragrance drifting over Who could tell this from sn….

Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone. Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves; that firm strand which ….

People wait for the big moment, the great event, and forget that happiness comes from building steadily on the small daily things of life. People wai….

The seasons, like greater tides, ebb and flow across the continents. Spring advances up the United States at the average rate of about fifteen miles….

The riveting moral power of the Arab Spring comes from its homegrown quality. This is about Arabs overcoming fear to become agents of their own trans….

We can escape from everything, but not from ourselves..

The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring..

When I sing, I always relive a part of my life..

Better to be disliked than pitied..

When you spring to an idea, and decide it is truth, without evidence, you blind yourself to other possibilities..

Cal says that humans are made from the nuclear ash of dead stars. He says that when I die, I'll return to dust, glitter,rain. If thats true, I want t….

How late is it? How long have we been sitting here? I look at my watch – three thirty and the day is almost ending. It’s October. All those kids rece….

Our surroundings are not contained by name and form. You are neither the body nor the mind, these are limits you identify with through a lack of clea….