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

“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.”

“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.”

“Creating simplicity often makes the heart leap; order has been restored, the crooked made straight. But order is understanding that things cannot be made simple, that complexity reigns and must be accepted.”

“I think that music has an endless life.”