"Beginnings are apt to be shadowy."

-- Rachel Carson

“Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.”

Source : Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.8, Courier Corporation
“I believe that if you can discover something of the truth of a person, then you will start to understand, and to understand is to move towards, if not like, then at least an empathy of some kind.”
“To be is to do - Socrates To do is to be - Sartre Do Be Do Be Do - Sinatra”
“To know and not to act is not to know.”

Source : "Cosmopolis". Book by Don DeLillo, 2003.
“The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction.”
“Making a garden is somehow like conducting a symphony - different plants come forward at different times and you need to think very carefully about their placement in relation to each other.”
“I had my mouth done when I was 27. It was a botched job. Obviously, if I had liked my mouth I wouldn't have had it re-done.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I try not to fake anything.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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