"When it comes to the important things one is always alone ..."

-- May Sarton

#Important Quotes

“It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion.”
“I love being a performer. It's like a hole that never closes. It's something in you that never dies.”
“A faint smell of lilac filled the air. There was always lilac in this part of town. Where there were grandmothers, there was always lilac.”
“You have to learn not only from your failures. You must also learn from your successes.”
“I'm not trying to be romantic. I think you can tell when people are trying to be sexy onstage. When I was doing 'All the Way,' I was really thinking about my wife. People don't know my personal experience, but they can tell it's an honest interpretation.”
“In the heart or every caregiver is a knowing that we are all connected. As I do for you, I do for me.”
“I'm really open to doing music. We just have to figure out what kind of music it's going to be - something where I don't feel compromised.”
“I would give worlds, could I believe One-half that is profess'd me; Affection! could I think it Thee, When Flattery has caress'd me.”

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