"One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if …"

"We were high above fields, and there far, far below, was a small shadow as of a great bird tearing along the neatly m…"

"I mean to lead a simple life, to choose a simple shell I can carry easily — like a hermit crab. But I do not. I find …"

"We must relearn to be alone."

"I kept looking at the flowers in a vase near me: lavender sweet peas, fragile winged and yet so still, so perfectly p…"

"I saw standing against the great stone pillar — on more red plush — a tall, slim boy in evening dress — so much slimm…"

"I believe most people are aware of periods in their lives when they seem to be "in grace" and other periods when they…"

"I have learned by some experience, by many examples, and by the writings of countless others before me, also occupied…"

"By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacati…"

"The feeling of exultant joy that there is anyone like that in the world. I shall never see him again, and he did not …"