Quotes



  It is not down on any map.

  True places never are.

 ~Herman Melville

sunrise on the sea

blue ridge mountain evensong

where I am is home

~haiku by c.hurst

 I believe karma is at the center of the universe, but grace can intervene. I’m much more interested in grace.

    ~Bono

  A bed without a quilt is like a sky without stars.       ~Anonymous

America—land of the free, home of the brave;

land of the dream, home of the cowboy.

~Anonymous

Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you. –attributed to Elise de Wolfe

The incredibly varied topography of Cost Rica

means you can cruise a cloud forest one day,

climb a volcano the next,

and finish passed out on a hot sandy beach.

-Lonely Planet WorldGuide

Oh, you’re gonna see monkeys.

~Andrea Gomez Lara, Costa Rica hotel clerk

Everything ends this way in France—everything;

Weddings, christenings, funerals, burials,

swindlings, diplomatic affairs—

everything is a pretext for a good dinner.

~Jean Anouilh

Boy, those French. They have a different word for everything.

~Steve Martin

The best things in life are free. The second best are expensive. ~Coco Chanel

                                         Why would you settle for being a drop in the ocean

                                           when you are the ocean? ~Deepak Chopra