Nothing's real unless you want it to be, and anything can be real if you want it to enough; so real doesn't really mean anything.

If you try to make your circle closed and exclusively yours, it never grows very much. Only a circle that has lots of room for anybody who needs it has enough spare space to hold any real magic.

Know all the Questions, but not the Answers Look for the Different, instead of the Same Never Walk where there's room for Running Don't do anything that can't be a Game

Imagination is a great thing in long dull hours, but it's a real curse in a dark alley.

It's such a wonderful feeling to watch a child discover that reading is a marvelous adventure rather than a chore.

The answers aren't important really... What's important is- knowing all the questions.

Belief in mysteries, any manner of mysteries, is the only lasting luxury in life.

We all invite our own devils, and we must exorcise our own.

Eleven would have been the best time. Eleven is just about the best age for almost everything.

Know all the Questions, but not the AnswersLook for the Different, instead of the SameNever Walk where there's room for RunningDon't do anything that can't be a Game

Belonging to a place isn't nearly as necessary as belonging to people you love and who love you and need you.

Seek spirituality of thy soul.

Oh, these people's minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they're not like you and me, " said Uncle Vernon, trying to knock in a nail with the piece of fruitcake Aunt Petunia had just brought him.

And when my days run out, I will have lived just a blink of time and the rest will be eternal joy.

We played every night. Sometimes we'd stay overnight after a game, but we'd usually drive on to our next destination.

I thought that beauty alone would satisfy, but the soul is gone. I can’t bear those empty, staring eyes.

Theseus made unscrupulous use of Ariadne (whom he left on an island where Bacchus later found her-I always think that really meant she took to drink, poor girl).

You've got to appreciate what the worst is. You don't want to find yourself in a situation where you're facing it.

We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind.

Among the songs I love best were those that I see as historically important, and helped change and develop my taste.

By giving every child a fair start, we are improving our collective future, including the private sector's ability to find talent in a very competitive global marketplace.