Mama says it's okay to be on the quiet side—if quiet means you're listening, watching, taking it all in.

There is something so deeply visceral about libraries for me-rooms and rooms full of people dreaming and remembering.

Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.

But on paper, things can live forever. On paper, a butterfly never dies.

People are going to judge you all the time no matter what you do...Don't worry about other people. Worry about you.

I do believe that books can change lives and give people this kind of language they wouldn't have had otherwise.

I believe in one day and someday and this perfect moment called Now.

Even the silence has a story to tell you. Just listen. Listen.

The empty swing set reminds us of this-- that bad won't be bad forever, and what is good can sometimes last a long, long time.

I feel like the world stopped. And I got off...and then it started spinning again, but too fast for me to hop back on. I feel like I'm still trying to get a...to get some kind of foothold on living

In all your getting, get understanding.

It's unreasonable to expect medical doctors and pharmaceutical companies to tell you how to avoid their services by trying the alternatives.

World vision is getting on your heart what has always been on God's heart.

If the prudence of reserve and decorum dictates silence in some circumstances, in others prudence of a higher order may justify us in speaking our thoughts.

I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

The quality of wit inspires more admiration than confidence

All reduction of people to objects, all imposition of labels and patterns to which they must conform, all segregation can lead only to destruction.

I've always loved to read. But sometimes I go for a year without reading, because I forget to.

This isn't about 'causality' but about 'influence'. The evidence is clear that human-induced climate change is influencing the drought, no matter the cause.

I don't think good and evil are polarized.