Personal inspection at zero altitude. The stories come from my life - if not my own experiences, then about topics and subjects that interest me.

I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books.

If books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need readers who bring to them sound and smell and light and all the rest that can’t be in books. The book needs you.

Patience, he thought. So much of this was patience - waiting, and thinking and doing things right. So much of all this, so much of all living was patience and thinking.

We make a mistake in thinking we own pets - the animals open their lives up and make us a part of them.

Do what you can as you can. Trouble, problems, will come no matter what you do , and you must respond as they come.

A book is a friend. You can never have too many.

I tried to contain myself... but I escaped!

Read like a wolf eats and write every day. Every. Single. Day.

Books make me feel safe. Books make me feel normal.

Things seemed to go back and forth between reality and imagination--except that it was all reality.

The heart that bleeds, knows true heartache.-Nina Jean Slack

In this early memory he looks different from the way I would remember him later.

Love? Love is like holding water in your hands. You might have it for a time, but it escapes, leaving you with nothing.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.

Most men, however brave, have some anxiety or fear in them.

Try to do your best to look people in the eye and talk to them without a gadget being in between you all the time.

When we play games, our brains respond differently to stress and obstacles. We're better able to control our attention and ignore distractions.

If you wish to get hold of the invisible you must penetrate as deeply as possible into the visible.

Camera-phones are like nuclear power plants: bad people will turn them into evil, good people will put them to good use.

Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to breathe.