Every part of me is attuned to the work. I soak it up to my pores during the day, and at night - in the moments before I pass off into sleep - ideas explode into my head like fireworks.

I don’t know what’s worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you’ve always wanted to be, and feel alone.

I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.

Punctuation, is? fun!

What an incredible thing! How much less they had than other human beings. Mentally retarded, deaf, mute - and still eagerly sanding benches.

A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.

Its easy to make frends if you let pepul laff at you.

Even in the world of make-believe there have to be rules. The parts have to be consistent and belong together.

A short while ago I foolishly thought I could learn everything - all the knowledge in the world. Now I hope only to be able to know of its existence, and to understand one grain of it.

Thank God for books and music and things I can think about.

I just want to be smart like other pepul so I can have lots of frends who like me.

Here's a tip for new parents: Start lowering those expectations early, it's going to pay off later.

He had never looked at me before, never, and the idea made my skin burn.

But you can't plead with autumn. No. The midnight wind stalked through the woods, hooted to frighten you, swept everything away for the approaching winter, whirled the leaves. ("The North")

We particularly like people who value us highly.

On teacher education: induction into current mandates must not turn into seduction away from best practice.

We create the world in which we live; if that world becomes unfit for human life, it is because we tire of our responsibility.

I'm not the No. 1 starter. I'm not the guy that's going to carry the staff for four months out of the season, but I can contribute in a lot of ways. And to me I'm very proud of that.

They say crying makes the heart lighter

Inner reality is certainly more important than the outer reality.

Full fathom five thy father lies