“The Artist," an ancient sage had once said, "is always sitting on the doorsteps of the rich.”

“The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. ”

“If you sit on the doorstep long enough, I daresay you will think of something”

“He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in nations is said to denote a laxity, if not a decadence of morals. ”

“Although the Indian's ancient way of life had never been as rich as they remembered it, that life had been one they understood. But now, it was gone. . . . And for them, the age of hope was ended.”

“He tried to kiss me. One of the few things that had impressed me in college was a Southern girl’s account o how she avoided being kissed on the doorstep of her house once by wearing a flower in her hair and sticking it in her mouth when she said good night. Only I had no flower.”