Cristina, being something of a gardener, knew well enough that certain plants may appear to remain stationary for years while they are really making … - Vita Sackville-West

Numbers exist in the void; it is impossible to imagine the destruction of numbers, even though you imagine the destruction of the universe.

While many a lovely ship below sailed by On unknown errand, kempt and leisurely; And after each, oh, after each, my heart Fled forth, as, watching from the Downs apart, I shared with ships good joys and fortunes wide That might befall their beauty and their pride…

I came from nowhere, and shall be Strong, steadfast, swift, eternally: I am a lion, a stone, a tree, And as the Polar star in me Is fixed my constant heart on thee. Ah, may I stay forever blind With lions, tigers, leopards, and their kind.