“Amongst the gray rocks in your head, there’s plenty of room for the colourful gems. Keep digging.”
“There’s no value in digging shallow wells in a hundred places. Decide on one place and dig deep. Even if you encounter a rock, use dynamite and keep going down. If you leave that to dig another well, all the first effort is wasted and there is no proof you won’t hit rock again. (52)”
“Gray, the colour of forgetting.”
“Take a plain-Jane rock and polish it, and you'll find a gem.”
“Amongst the rock one cannot stop or think”
“Gran’s cottage might be tiny, and the furniture old and battered, but she ran a tight ship. As long as everything is in its right place, there’s plenty of room, she liked to say.”