"I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle."

"I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love."

"Beauty, of course, is the most important requirement and the paramount asset of the applicant."

"The beauty of the world, which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder."

"I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next."

"We have very pretty Dutch gardens, so called, in America, but their chief claim to being Dutch is that they are set with bulbs, and have Delft or other earthen pots or boxes for formal plants or shrubs."