But I know now that you can't expect anything from anybody. If somebody loves you, it's because he wants to. And it's never because it's what he's supposed to do." —Pete Cassidy

It is when we are most lost that we sometimes find our truest friends.

I learned to write from authors. I didn't know any, but I read their books.

Every person is able to add beauty, whether by growing flowers, or singing, or cooking luscious meals, or raising sweet pets. Every part of life can be art.

I want to do something important in my life, and I think that adding beauty to the world with books... really is important.

It is odd how we sometimes deny ourselves the very pleasure we have longed for and which is finally within our reach.

I love being a writer because I want to leave something here on earth to make it better, prettier, stronger.

But those with an evil heart seem to have a talent for destroying anything beautiful which is about to bloom.

In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers. They know it is time to be still.

When the wicked want to bring down the innocent, they aim for a loving heart.

I am so grateful to be a writer. I hope every child grows up and finds something to do that will seem important and that will seem precious. Happy living and, especially, happy playing.

Sounds like you kids have some talking to do. I'll be eavesdropping from the kitchen.

I've got all the money I'll ever need, if I die by four o'clock.

Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.

Through His Spirit, the Spirit of prayer, our life may be one of continual prayer. The Spirit of prayer will help you become an intercessor, asking great things of God for those around you.

Scrupulous people are not suited to great affairs.

I do use texting as a great way to communicate quickly, but I dont Twitter or anything.

I survived only a year in Berkeley, partly because I declined to sign the anticommunist loyalty oath.

Your ultimate success or failure will depend on your ability to ignore the worries of the world long enough to allow your investments to succeed.

A good businessman must have nose for business the same way a journalist has nose for news.

In small towns people scent the wind with noses of uncommon keenness.