Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh. American aviator and author (1906–2001) Communication
I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly.
Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me.
Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem, or saying a prayer.
My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen --- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery --- just stark me.
A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.