Literature is my utopia.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

A flirtatious soul misses the point of intimate trust relations.

I turned my ear toward the door because I heard him breathing. When you’re alone and afraid, the simple sound of the steady in and out of air being drawn by another person is good medicine.

Oh, poor, poor fellow!' said Mrs. Elliot with a remorse that was sincere, though her congratulations would not have been.

Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.

I pray that the life of this spring and summer may ever lie fair in my memory.

I believe that global warming is a myth. And so, therefore, I have no conscience problems at all and I'm going to buy a Suburban next time.

How many times can you say, "No yanking on one another's genitals?" Everything is hilarious until someone starts crying.

I like the free-speech stuff, the political-correctness stuff.

My mother is more of an adviser. I followed everything she did when I was younger, because I looked up to her so much.

If I can write one sentence, simple and true every day, I'll be satisfied.