She wasn't scared of going deep, deep down in a world of no air and little light

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream?

As much pleasure as young people get from Twittering and texting, there is no way these activities will nourish their minds and spirits the way literature can.

Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.

As I look back on what I have written, I can see that the very persons who have taken away my time are those who have given me something to say.

Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter.

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

Girls are obsessed with beauty. They make this world beautiful, by being beautiful.

Only sheep need a Shepard.

Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.

What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.

I'm the curvy one of the family.

I mean, I find things that happened in real life to be the funniest - things that you observe instead of crazy abstract things, you know.

I think I'm pretty misunderstood, because I'm not just about football.

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

Michael Fassbender is a very masculine person. But he has a fragility that allows him to have a relationship with an audience that has no barrier.

I hate seeing people getting hurt or hurting other people. I hate seeing blood. I am very intolerant of physical pain. I find violence horrifying, so much so that I can't help being intrigued by it.