" When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. "

— Ansel Adams

" Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind. "

— William Shakespeare

" Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. "

— Charles de Gaulle

" The longest way must have its close—the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning. "

— Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

" "Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it." "

— Buddha

" Rays from the sunrise drew forth the buds and stretched them into long stalks, lifted up sap in noiseless streams, opened petals, and sucked out scents in invisible jets and breathings. "

— Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy