to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized. — Bette Lord Copy Share Image
The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish. — Bette Lord Copy Share Image
In yielding we are like the water, by nature placid, conforming to the hollow of the smallest hand; in time, shaping even the mountains… — Bette Lord Copy Share Image
What harm is there in dreaming, if it eases pain? What good is reality, if it blots out hope? Can a man's mind be… — Bette Lord Copy Share Image
A secret, like a chore, always seems to lead to another, one even more troublesome than the first. — Bette Lord Copy Share Image
If mortals wait until the gods remake the world to their liking to be happy, they are already in hell. — Bette Lord Copy Share Image
to ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized. — Bette Lord Copy Share Image
Like most Chinese, I am basically a fatalist - too sophisticated for religion and too superstitious to deny the gods. — Bette Lord Copy Share Image
