If a parent doesn't want his/her child to read a book then there is always an alternative text to read. But the book banners want to control what every child reads.

Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.

He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.

Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything.

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

Don't live up to your stereotypes.

When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained.

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

We spend more time asking what would Jesus do instead of what did Jesus do.

Be great, dwell on great thoughts.

Every summer there are a number of nights, not many, but a number, when everything is perfect. The light, the warmth, the smells, the mist, the birdsong – the moths. Who can sleep? Who wants to?

i wish i were someone else, even though i know i'll never, ever be able to get away from what i've done and what's been done to me.

Land is something one should never sell. It is the only thing left when all else is gone

You've got to believe that God is in control of your life. It may be a tough time but you've got to believe that God has a reason for it and he's going to make everything good.

I wanted to write something that would be a comedy in the sense of making people feel happier when they finish it than they did when began it.

We must never forget that spiritual experience is above all a practical experience of love. And with love, there are no rules.

A grudge is like being stung to death by one bee.