“Few people can resist doing what is universally expected of them. This invisible pressure is more difficult to stand against than individual tyranny.”

“The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in itsvalue.”

“Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.”

“Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it.”

“Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.”

“I'm always looking for meaningful one-night stands”

“When we actively relate to people as rivals or enemies, we foster the false belief that we and they stand independent of one another. The truth is that we bind ourselves to them as if by an invisible tether, and we do so by our negative thoughts and feelings.""Who we are is who we are with others. How they seem to us is a revelation of ourselves.”