It is indeed a wondrous universal alchemy, is it not? When one's heartfelt intentions cause mountains to move.

Coincidence is a messenger sent by truth.

Memories are links in a golden chain that bind us until we meet again.

Stay with the question. The more it troubles you, the more it has to teach you.

Yes, it does make the load rather heavy if you carry tools for every eventuality.

My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to get myself a job where I could travel. I did it for two years and had great fun.

It's really important in any historical fiction, I think, to anchor the story in its time. And you do that by weaving in those details, by, believe it or not, by the plumbing.

It was time to move on, to dance with life again.

a question has the most power before we rush to answer it, when it is still making us think, still testing us.

I often think it would be really interesting to take all of those who would wage war to the battlefield cemeteries, and say, explain yourself to the dead. Explain yourself to the dead!

One always has riches when one has a book to read.

Many very strong fathers have turned out ineffectual sons by not allowing them to grow as men.

Kids accept a lot more, and they buy it, because they're free.

You can change an outfit, you can outfit change, or both.

Work! work! that is my unfailing cure for all troubles.

The water crumbles on it's way down as my hands and feet push me forward. The world is lightening, taking shape, and turning to color. It feels like it's being painted around me.

Anyone who was once a child should have at least one children's book in them.

In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary.

Whenever Beauty looks, Love is also there.

I love the experience of walking into the theater, buying a ticket and all that goes with it.

What I don't like about the way the media portrays religion is that they seem to weaponize it and use it as a tool to divide people.