No matter how big you get, it's still okay to cry because everybody's got a right to their own tears.

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.

... be radical about grace and relentless about truth and resolute about holiness...

I always planned to retire when I was at the top and at Manchester United I have reached the pinnacle of my career.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.

Music is the only thing keeping the planet together

I believe that the only true education comes through the stimulation of the child's powers by the demands of the social situations in which he finds himself.

What comes from the heart goes to the heart

On the one hand, I want to go off and live in the desert with my dog and sculpt things out of adobe.

I see painting as an evocative magic, and there must always be a random factor in magic, one which must be constantly changed and renewed.