[ Adult novels] was the world of grownups. There was nothing about teenagers.

How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

Believe in yourself and you can achieve greatness in your life.

our finger prints dont fade from the lives we touch

Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.

Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.

We are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?

The truth will make you odd.

Things change…things happen…things you can’t even imagine when you’re young and full of hope.

The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, that my friends, that is true perversion!

That competition and the struggle for existence is the mechanism behind this state of perpetual change.

A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular episode, a walk, a book, a conversation.

As to blood—ah, blood, the whole subject fascinates me. I do like that as well, warm and dripping, when I am thirsty. And I am often thirsty.

If it's right and true, it's listened to and accommodated.

And when somebody knows you well, well there's no comfort like that. And when somebody needs you, well there's no drug like that.

For our part, the U.S. must act quickly to ensure Most Favored Nation status to China.

If Rose's streak was still intact, with that single to left, the fans would be throwing babies out of the upper deck.

Government that's not particularly caring and is hands off is not particularly inspiring.

Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.