It made her think that it was curious how much nicer a person looked when he smiled. She had not thought of it before.

If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.

I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren’t pretty, or smart, or young. They’re still princesses.

Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.

As long as you have a garden you have a future and as long as you have a future you are alive.

Two things cannot be in one place. Where you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.

Two worst things as can happen to a child is never to have his own way - or always to have it.

Everything is made out of Magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds, badgers and foxes and squirrels and people. So it must be all around us. In this garden-in all the places.

Nothing in the world is so strong as a kind heart.

Everything's a story - You are a story -I am a story.

Only in dreams of spring Shall I ever see again The flowering of my cherry trees.

I know what it's like to battle everyday of my life, just for acceptance, just to survive.

You learn in this business.. If you want a friend, get a dog.

The only thing the record companies put out now is 'Best of,'

Occupying my mind with complex problems has been my best and most powerful and most reliable defense against my mental illness.

I'm chasing perfection.

Just as it's painful to hear any woman talk about sexual assault, whether true or not, it's just as painful to watch my friend and mentor go through this.

We do need to confront evil in this world, but we do need to work with the other nation.

This is how you communicate with a fellow intelligence: You hurt it, you keep on hurting it, until you can distinguish the speech from the screams.

My best dreams and worst nightmares have the same people in them.

I can certainly see how people are overcome by depression.