My imagination is a monastery and I am its monk.

My imagination is a monastery, and I am its monk

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.

I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top.

At heart I am a librarian, a bird-watcher, a transcendentalist, a gardener, a spinster, a monk.

I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less.