Perhaps she just needed to remind herself more often how that gold was still floating above her head, it's minuscule particles visible only when pierced by a certain light.

These were the moments that would stick in her memory for years to come, those instants of perfect bliss that nothing else would ever match again.

Don’t ever stray from yourself, in order to be close to someone that doesn’t have the courtesy to remind you of your worth, or the integrity of a gentleman to walk you home.

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right it is the ideal American who is all wrong.

Learn to depend upon yourself by doing things in accordance with your own way of thinking.

It is very unlikely that the computer will displace the books, except in areas where we need information speedily.

It was as if we had beaten a country, more than just a football team.

Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them?

Your work is to find healing. And I find, for me, it's a little bit at a time, and eventually it's barely there. And the journey is finding what works for you and doing it.

If you're living two lives and you're lying to everyone, you're bound to slip up, in some way, you're bound to get something wrong, and you're bound to get found out.

Anything new, anything worth doing, can't be recognized.

Lucky is where skill meets persistence.