Fate is fickle, and the company of unwilling friends short lived.

You will find joy, frustration and sorrow in your quest. Never forget that friendship and loyalty are more precious than riches...Happiness can be brief, but it knows no time in the land of dreams.

The more 'otter it is, the more 'otter otters likes it

All little creatures are beautiful...every living thing when it first sees life is born in beauty. What they grow to be is a different matter.

Courage is the moment when an ordinary being becomes an extraordinary being.

Aha! Today I shall become an author! And I will auth and auth and auth and make a squillion dollars, whoopee!

So here is my story, may it bring Some smiles and a tear or so, It happened once upon a time, Far away, and long ago, Outside the night wind keens and wails, Come listen to me, the Teller of Tales!

I enjoy walking my dog and completing crossword puzzles.

Where's the point in fighting and slaying if you can make a friend out of anybeast instead of a foe?

A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.

Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others." —Cornflower

There is more to life than I imagine. Life is spiritual. We are heavenly beings.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve got plans for next Thursday. And I’m not in the mood to have them ruined by some apocalypse.

- If no one understands anything in the same way, what use is communication? - The best way to recycle empty soup cans is to tie a string to them and talk to yourself - from up to a mile away.

I think it has as much to do with honoring my own voice as it does with feeling a responsibility to my readers or my daughters.

I think as a person, I have a whole bunch of different sides to me.

After university, I got a job sub-editing and for years I was a literary editor.

A productive purpose to which you give yourself fully and joyfully is one of the great adventures of life. It is a uniquely human source of happiness.

My dream is a red dress Above my knees High-heel red sandals And me coming over the top The music booming Hi Howie I will say With a lovely smile I don't want to play the game I want to be it.

Character is undergoing constant change, for better or for worse--either being elevated on the one hand, or degraded on the other.

Because you lack a noble and successful past is no reason why you should lack a noble and successful future.