Now smile a real smile for me so I know you're not suffering inside.

My advice to would-be young authors is to read a lot, write a lot, and not worry about creating a finished product. Keeping a journal is not a bad idea either.

When I'm looking for an idea, I'll do anything--clean the closet, mow the lawn, work in the garden.

If we expose kids to books and art, nothing but good can come from it.

Today was a difficult day. Tomorrow will be better

Sometimes all you can do is say, 'Wow.'

Didn't it make sense that after something horrible happens, something better should follow?

Try drawing or painting a scene you're working on. Often this will help free up you imagination.

(His) sadness grew; it became a rock inside him, pulling him down. He carried the sadness everywhere, morning, noon, and night. It hurt to breathe.

Today was a difficult day.Tomorrow will be better.'-Mr. Slinger

I'm not gonna die alone, no way! He will never allow it!

The reality is that your dreams pave the way for you. You just have to have the guts to follow them.

The joy sometimes is in the simple beauty.

As long as we have deaf people on earth, we will have signs.

Between God and the soul there is no between.

set sail on a voyage of your own titanic facts

'So if we can we'll kill every last of the buggers, and if they can they'll kill every last one of us. As for me,' said Ender, 'I'm in favor of surviving'.

All Christians have the Spirit of Christ, but not all Christians have the mind of Christ.

With modern parts atop old ones, the brain is like an iPod built around an eight-track cassette player.

You can't second-guess ineffability, I always say.