Quote for Today: Khalil Gibran
If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. —Khalil Gibran
Quote for Today: Unica Zürn
The woman looks around and thinks: ‘there cannot ever have been a spring more beautiful than this. I did not know until now that clouds could be like this. I …
Quote for Today: Carl Sagan
The wind whips through the canyons of the American Southwest, and there is no one to hear it but us – a reminder of the 40,000 generations of thinking men …
Quote for Today: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings. ―Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Lightness of Being: Diana Vishneva in For the Love of Women
Diana Vishneva performs as principal ballerina with the Mariinsky Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre, but you might remember her best from her performance at the Sochi Winter Olympics. She is a recipient of the …
Quote for Today: Irène Némirovsky
But it was blossom time. Against a sky of pure and relentless blue—that deep but lustrous Sèvres blue seen on certain precious pieces of porcelain—floated branches that appeared to be …
Quote for Today: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“My life is very monotonous,” the fox said. “I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, …
Quote for Today: Willa Cather
While the train flashed through never-ending miles of ripe wheat, by country towns and bright-flowered pastures and oak groves wilting in the sun, we sat in the observation car, where …
Quote for Today: Oscar Wilde
When they reached the end of the room he stopped, and muttered some words she could not understand. She opened her eyes, and saw the wall slowly fading away like …
Quote for Today: Georges Limbour
Having spent a long time in open spaces, whether sea or desert, it is a luxury to be able to take refuge in towns with narrow streets which provide a …