People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.

The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.

If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness. Would the world be a worse place for it? No, people would be fairer and happier.

She would consider each day a miracle - which indeed it is, when you consider the number of unexpected things that could happen in each second of our fragile existences.

because it seemed too simple to accept that life was an act of faith.

She didn't quite know what the relationship was between lunatics and the moon, but it must be a strong one, if they used a word like that to describe the insane.

Because when everyone dreams, but only a few realize their dreams, that makes cowards of us all.

Personal growth has its price, and she was paying it without complaint.

When I took the pills, I wanted to kill someone I hated. I didn't know that other Veronikas existed inside me, Veronikas that I could love.

it's best to accept life as it really is and not as I imagined it to be

A lot of people think something is right, and so that thing becomes right.

Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine.

Let us remember to always rediscover one anotherbecause we are forever changing.

...I would not engage the wombatIn any form of mortal combat.

I love Halloween and dressing up. I usually have at least three costumes.

I decided to make news, not give it.

I still like paper books. Like, book is a flammable object. After you read it, you could use it to get warm. Or it could become a pile of napkins.

There were no exceptions for the aged, the ill, the women in pregnancy.

In kindergarten, you can learn how to be a citizen of the world.

No hero is above fear, Percy. And you have risen above every hero. - Poseidon

I am not a hugely religious person, but I believe that there is a oneness with everything. And because there is this oneness, it is possible that my mother is the principal reason for my life.