Fifteen. Sixteen was probably something, but fifteen - fifteen was a place between here and nowhere.

There is something so deeply visceral about libraries for me-rooms and rooms full of people dreaming and remembering.

Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.

But on paper, things can live forever. On paper, a butterfly never dies.

People are going to judge you all the time no matter what you do...Don't worry about other people. Worry about you.

I do believe that books can change lives and give people this kind of language they wouldn't have had otherwise.

I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now.

Even the silence has a story to tell you. Just listen. Listen.

The empty swing set reminds us of this-- that bad won't be bad forever, and what is good can sometimes last a long, long time.

I feel like the world stopped. And I got off...and then it started spinning again, but too fast for me to hop back on. I feel like I'm still trying to get a...to get some kind of foothold on living

In all your getting, get understanding.

Do not quit too soon. The future is bright like a shining diamond.

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.

One thing alone not even God can do,To make undone whatever hath been done.

I think there has to be a recognition that, you know, there's so much at stake now, I mean, the business has changed so much and decisions are made so quickly, in nano seconds basically.

When you leave a place, it's best to leave.

Every thing in this world, said my father, is big with jest,--and has wit in it, and instruction too,--if we can but find it out.

If the mother can't break the attachment, they say that the baby can't leave this world. For him to be happy in a good place you must send the child that you must send... and you must live.

He who lives in solitude may make his own laws.

[Dan Fried] served six presidents over a 40-year career dating back to the [Jimmy] Carter administration.