I think if she lived in A little shoe-house That little old woman was Surely a mouse!

There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.

We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.

What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.

With opportunity the world is very interesting.

For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.

What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.

I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.

Who are you?" I asked."You know who I am, " he replied. "I'm yours."~Clea / Sage, pg. 105

Now is the time to make sure we have the strings of all the balloons we want to keep before they all float away.

Being funny has always mattered a lot to me. It's why I started acting - to make my friends laugh.

For my qualifying concert, Helmut Walcha would not coach Charles-Marie Widor or any American compositions. In his defense, his forte was Germanic composers, and his forte was really a fortissimo!

Enemies strike at weak points.

People have many theories about comedy, but being just plain funny is the one most important thing.

There is a place in the world for anyone in the world who says, "I'll take care of it."

If you seek approval from others in this world, you will not know happiness.

The election process is a total fraud. If voters believe the process is secret, they will vote. If not, they will not.

The success of one market model cannot be migrated to another. Ignoring Macau's special characteristics and duplicating a Las Vegas or an Atlantic City would not be a successful strategy.