Each species on our planet plays a role in the healthy functioning of natural ecosystems, on which humans depend.

I think people need hope when times are tough. I think they also need escape and adventure and fantasy. Books are like cheap mini vacations.

No other love on earth would ever equate to the unconditional one that could come from you to you.

After a bad trip, don't carry your luggage on board the next flight. Stay grounded til you figure out a new way to travel.

There was a profound silence, abruptly broken by an enormously loud rumble from George's stomach. Plaster didn't actually fall from the ceiling, but it was close.

Being empowered with the knowledge that you are the creator of your own reality, is the best way to accelerate healing and learning.

I wrote a lot of poetry that was based on stories of the sea and I was really inspired by that.

If you're not first, you're last.

I mix and match, from top to bottom.

Solvitur ambulando . . . it is solved by walking.

I become irritated when I am being written off as aloof or stand-offish when I'm shy and don't know what to say.