…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

Is it not meningitis?

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.

What is real and what is not is for your heart to decide and for your heart to know.

Only through Beauty's morning-gate, dost thou penetrate the land of knowledge.

...I tell myself it does not matter what one reads--favorite authors, particular themes--as long as we read something. It is not even important to own the books.

Words are the key, the books are the door.

Cary rocked back on his heels and twirled one index finger around another in a sign meaning, wrapped around your fi

My goodness, I'm like a hog at a trough!

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret. [Fred. Free.]

So, if I ever played Napoleon it would be with an Italian accent. He was an outsider, which also interests me.

From my point of view, which is that of a storyteller, I see your life as something artful, waiting, just waiting and ready for you to make it art.