I read.. because one life is not enough

The only way you can write is by the light of the bridges burning behind you.

I read because one life isn't enough and in the pages of a book, I can be anybody.

Only the nonreader fears books.

We write by the light of every story we have ever read.

Anyone who thinks small towns are friendlier than big cities lives in a big city.

We don't write what we know. We write what we wonder about.

If you cannot find yourself on the page very early in life, you will go looking for yourself in all the wrong places.

Because nobody but a reader ever became a writer.

This is how you hold onto your family. You hold them with open hands so they are free to find futures of their own. It's just that simple.

When I read a good book, it's like traveling the world without ever leaving my chair.

By living your true purpose with Love & Gratitude, you are abundantly living in oneness with the universe

Generosity is the heart of humanity.

If a wizard should take up residence in your garden, and requests food, you are obliged to feed him.

Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about.

I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

Don't buy into the corporate mythology that's been rammed down our throats for all these years.

I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me.

[He] alone is truly nonviolent who remains nonviolent even though he has the ability to strike.

Seeing is limited by two borders: Strong light, which blinds, and total darkness.

A lot of young people have all these aspirations but many of them don't believe they're possible.