Faith is a process of leaping into the abyss not on the basis of any certainty about ~where~ we shall land, but rather on the belief that we ~shall~ land. Carter Heyward

The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms, Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him. Auguste Rodin

A jewel’s just a rock put under enormous heat and pressure. Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look. Jodi Picoult