[T]here is no hope for us in this painful, mysterious world save in giving ourselves to love. – Byron Caldwell Smith, letter to Kate Stephens Category: Love
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar. – Lao Tzu Category: Love
I love you as you are, but do not tell me how that is. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin Category: Love
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. – Diane Arbus Category: Photography
It makes me so desperately sad to witness just how unforgivably wretched our world has become. – Ralph Steadman Category: sad
Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful. – William Hurt Category: dad