He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself

-a whole world can lie before someone, if love is there when one wakes.

Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.

It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.

The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.

The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past.

The writer after all is only half the book, the other half is the reader.

Kids deserve the right to think that they can change the world.

We live in times that are in many ways ambiguous. Maybe that's why kids want precision in what they read - they don't like that moral ambiguity.

Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none

He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself.

It’s a long story. I’ll make it short as I can.

You're meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there's a lot to be said for a very happy one that just let's you get on with it.

I was born to love you with every single beat of my heart. I was born to take care of you every single day of my life.

Some people pretend they never were in love and never wrote poetry; two weaknesses which they dare not own -- one of the heart, the other of the mind.

I do not understand! I understand nothing! I cannot understand nor do I want to understand! I want to believe! To Believe!

Unfortunately politicians are not very sound people or they wouldn't be politicians.

The heart is what matters most of all

Don’t make excuses for why you can’t get it done. Focus on all the reasons why you must make it happen.

loosely bound By countless silken ties of love and thought To everything on earth the compass round

If you only have work clothes - the black trouser and ribbed turtleneck you got four years ago at the Gap - you're not participating in your own style personality.