Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a certain quality to the landscape that definitely leads into the dark woods.

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances

Others said May was best, that sweet green time when lilacs bloomed and gardens along Main Street were filled with sugary pink peonies and Dutch tulips.

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.

I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.

Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away.

This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.

No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.

The evening had turned sweet and blue.

Things are not always the way tbey seem to be

Being able to read well in public and talk about your work in an engaging fashion is part of most writers' job specification.

There's a bond among a kitchen staff, I think. You spend more time with your chef in the kitchen than you do with your own family.

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

One ought to be against racism and sexism because they are wrong, not because one is black or one is female.

The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in.

The danger is not to set your goal too high and fail to reach it. It’s to set your goal too low and reach it

Film is such a bizarre vehicle for acting. It's such a bizarre experience. I don't think you ever really get familiar with it. If you do get familiar with it, you're probably not that good anymore.

Think bigger. Forget limits. Embrace the idea of endless possibility.... It will change you.

The waters of the Ganga are roaring among his matted locks.