Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.

Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.

It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.

I sailed on the cold air currents above the rooftops of Paris. I could see the river, the Louvre Museum, the gardens and palaces. And a mouse-yum. Hang on, Carter, I thought. not hunting mice.

Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?

To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust.

You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"?

I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.

Oh no." I said panic rising in my chest. "No, no, no, Somebody get a can opener. I've got a god in my head!!

Right, " Sadie said. "And Set will just stand there calmly while I read him to death.

Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say “tell the truth, ” and when you do, they don’t believe you. What’s the point?

It is bodies that make us real. What is a soul without eyes to look through or hands to hold?

A coat of paint and a quote of words both make cosmetic differences.

Ethical decisions ensure that everyone's best interests are protected. When in doubt, don't.

The content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time.

We humans seem disastrously in love with this thing (whatever it is) that glitters on the earth-- we call it life.

I don't need somebody behind a desk to tell me what a marketing survey says is funny. I got 3 million miles and 70,000 tickets sold, telling me that I know how to make people laugh.

Oh,Sara. It is like a story." "It is a story...everything is a story. You are a story-I am a story. Miss Minchin is a story.

Policeman: "A hermit eh? Then why's your table set for four?" Groucho: "That's nothing. My alarm clock is set for eight.

The real secret of an unsatisfied life lies too often in an unsurrendered will.

The accusation is always on the first page, and the retraction on page 19.