It's up to you, not fate.

Luckily, I always travel with a book, just in case I have to wait on line for Santa, or some such inconvenience.

I'm told there's no going back. So I'm choosing forward.

I hope suffering don't exist.

With all due respect, if you’re forty-three, then I’m a fetus.

It is much harder to lie to someone's face.But.It is also much harder to tell the truth to someone's face.

The world was full of waistrels and waifs, sycophants and spies - all of whom put words to the wrong use, who made everything that was said or written suspect

Be careful what you're doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be. And the less you really know them, the more likely you are to confuse them with the girl or boy in your head.

Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens.

Her words didn’t have the acrid smell of death.

Don't let's ask for the moon.We have the stars.

What you give ought to be in direct relationship to what you've received. If you have been blessed with a great deal, then you have a lot of giving to do.

When you inoculate children with a polio vaccine, you don't sleep well for two or three months.

Sunshine Cake is just a fun hobby thing. That's about it.

I have always lived the way I wanted regardless of whether or not it was popular.

You don't want your readers seeing easy connections; it becomes a distraction.

I like to let my racket do the talking.