I'd had much practice turning my mind away from certain memories of my childhood. I could quickly dial her remembered voice from a whisper to a silence.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Fate isn’t one straight road…there are forks in it, many different routes to different ends. We have the free will to choose the path.

Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way.

Perseverance is impossible if we don't permit ourselves to hope.

You won't find the truth of life in morbidity, only in hope.

Evil was coming. I wondered whose face it would be wearing.

Of course, in the process, you must never do harm to others in any serious way, or you'll cease to amuse Him. Then payment comes due for promises you didn't keep.

He lives vividly in her recollections, however, and his memory is etched on her soul.

The less I have, the less I can lose.

You be careful, Wizard. Interestingly eccentric friends aren't easy to find.

Humanity is not a word my friend. It is a symbol – a symbol of hope – a symbol of wisdom – yet this very symbol has become disgraced by our faults and deluded justification of mistakes.

The hurt that troubled children create is never greater than the hurt they feel.

It's never too late to get down on your knees and pray.

One of the best ways to achieve justice is to expose injustice.

Intimacy with one person could do this-empty the world of friendships, give a distaste for women's kisses and their bright chatter, make the ordinary world a little unreal and very uninteresting.

As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.

I've been talking to people, and I've gone to hospitals, talked to survivors, to doctors, to caregivers. I just learned that there's really no one way for somebody to experience dealing with cancer.

They've a temper, some of them - particularly verbs, they're the proudest - adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs.

Leave the poor Some time for self-improvement. Let them not Be forced to grind the bones out of their arms For bread, but have some space to think and feel Like moral and immortal creatures.

Educate a woman and you educate her family. Educate a girl and you change the future.