“We look for romance in the well-cultivated garden-plots, and when it springs out of virgin soil we are surprised, though any fool might know it was the natural place for it.”

“This is just my way of pointing out that we people who leap without looking are not stupid. We know damn well we might be headed for a fall. But we also know that, sometimes, it's the only way out.”

“The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.
Any fool can do it;
There ain't nothing to it.
Nobody knows how we got to
The top of the hill.
But since we're on our way down,
We might as well enjoy the ride.”

“Romance takes place in the middle distance. Romance is looking in at yourself through a window clouded with dew. Romance means leaving things out: where life grunts and shuffles, romance only sighs.”

“In this busy world, we should never be a stranger to love and compassion. It is the fertile soil in the garden of peace.”

“When Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.”

“I know because I read… Your mind is not a cage. It's a garden. And it requires cultivating.”

“Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.”

“We must not look at goblin men,
We must not buy their fruits:
Who knows upon what soil they fed
Their hungry thirsty roots?”

“We all know interspecies romance is weird.”