Let people have an education and you can't stop them.

If listeners aren't carried away to Heaven, I'm failing.

I have my own definition of minimalism, which is that which is created with a minimum of means.

I had a calling to become what I became - I was created to do this.

I think the fact that I created something and had an enormous influence is indisputable.

Draw a straight line and follow it.

Give people knowledge and they really eat it up and they appreciate it a lot and the more that knowledge is made available to people, the more they will utilize it and let it be a part of them.

What is it that you long for best, that clenches teeth and claws over the ventricles of your heart?

Be a pro at what you do. No one shows-up to meetings of the Unsuccessful Skydivers Club.

The only thing a boyfriend was good for was a shattered heart.

The words of truth are simple.

When I was seven, I broke my leg playing soccer. Just to feel something.

The Ladybug wears no disguises. She is just what she advertises. A speckled spectacle of spring, A fashion statement on the wing.... A miniature orange kite. A tiny dot-to-dot delight.

I'm a pretty convenient foil for a lot of people.

By the time I'm nine I know the world is a dangerous place. I've heard whispers about razorblades in apples, about Charlie Manson and his family. But no one is offering any clear information.

I'm not in a party. I am a party.

If you didn't always have to choose between turning away for good or rushing in deeper. In the moments that it really counts, maybe it's enough - more than enough, even - just to be there.