It was a chilly morning after the night's rain, and the sun hung in the sky like a pale coin lost by someone high up in the clouds.

The sea always filled her with longing, though for what she was never sure.

Books are like flypaper, memories cling to the printed pages better than anything else.

It's a good idea to have your own books with you in a strange place

Down there the nights are bright and nobody believes in the Devil.

The night belongs to beasts of prey, and always has. It's easy to forget that when you're indoors, protected by light and solid walls.

As Mo had said: writing stories is a kind of magic, too.

It [the book] was spinning a magic spell around her heart, sticky as a spider's web and enchantingly beautiful..

Because fear kills everything, " Mo had once told her. "Your mind, your heart, your imagination.

I always used to read aloud to her in the evenings--

You're the one who says books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them...

Take God at His Word – because winning the battle doesn't requirephysical brawn, but spiritual brains!

Don’t wait until Christmas to show love. You never know those who will breathe their last breath before the sacred season.

I am I plus my circumstances.

timeliness is an enemy to art.

The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place.

They ought to create a new league for that guy.

What is the ultimate impulse to write? Because all this is going to vanish.

When I was young, I kept a diary for about 10 years and I had to write in it every day. Even on days when nothing seemed to happen, I made myself think of something to put in it.

Something pretty mysterious had to give rise to the origin of the universe.

I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.