Well Said >> On Women

"Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; 
not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, 
but because they are themselves." 




-- Henri Frederic Amiel

Well Said >> Why I Write

"I write entirely to find out what I think, what I'm looking at, what I see, and what it means."

-Joan Didion (one of my favorite authors), from her essay, "Why I Write"

Well Said >> First I Reconized That You Were...

Finnish born architect Eero Saarinen met Aline Bernstein in 1955 when she was working as an art editor and critic for the New York Times and she was assigned to write an article about him.  As the story goes, they fell in love instantly, and this list of things he loved about her was written shortly before they married.