I am happy. I have something to accomplish, create, and achieve. I am happy.

— Vera Nazarian

Ice is most welcome in a cold drink on a hot day. But in the heart of winter, you want a warm hot mug with your favorite soothing brew to keep the chill away. When you don’t have anything warm at hand, even a memory can be a small substitute. Remember a searing look of intimate eyes. Receive the inner fire.

— Vera Nazarian

If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a Temple.

— Vera Nazarian

If you are faced with a mountain, you have several options. You can climb it and cross to the other side. You can go around it. You can dig under it. You can fly over it. You can blow it up. You can ignore it and pretend it’s not there. You can turn around and go back the way you came. Or you can stay on the mountain and make it your home.

— Vera Nazarian

I'll tell you a secret. Old storytellers never die. They disappear into their own story.

— Vera Nazarian

Imagine a delicious glass of summer iced tea. Take a long cool sip. Listen to the ice crackle and clink. Is the glass part full or part empty? Take another sip. And now?

— Vera Nazarian

In the desert, the only god is a well.

— Vera Nazarian

In the kingdom of glass everything is transparent, and there is no place to hide a dark heart.

— Vera Nazarian

In the plains the grass grows tall, since there is no one to cut it. There is no one to water it either.

— Vera Nazarian

Is it folly to believe in something that is intangible? After all, some of the greatest intangibles are Love, Hope, and Wonder. Another is Deity. The choice to be a fool is yours.

— Vera Nazarian