Sometimes being surronded by everyone is the loneliest, because you'll realise you have no one to turn to.

All I can say is practice, you never know what you might do.

Before the war, she'd never have gone out in the rain and happily stood in it. Now, it was a reminder that she was alive...

This war is going to be full of women who fall in love with men they'll never see again. All we do is say goodbye over and over.

Reading is one of the best ways to bond with your child. Bond this Christmas with “It’s Not About You, Mr. Santa Claus

For me, reading begins at home.

Cuddle with your children. Don't just read – talk about the pictures too. Give emphasis to your words and make them come alive!Make it fun and enjoyable.

My late husband and I started our sons off as readers at a very young age. Today, they are voracious readers.

It’s our(As The Stars of the Sky Foundation, Inc.) passion and joy to read to children and improve literacy, as well as teach others about charity and the impact they can have in a child’s life.

Good literacy skills can help children:-Be healthy and safe.-Do their homework to their best ability.-Get and keep a job one day.-Eventually participate in local committees or government

A tried and true way to get your children interested in books and reading is to read to them when they are young.

[T]he race is long - to finish first, first you must finish.

I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope for humankind. Health to the ocean means health for us.

I could never have a better teacher in those days than my father.

I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living life, a man who had good friends, fine family - and I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually.

I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.

Of course, when I started my career, like anyone else who was 16 at the time, we were besotted by the rock-n-roll scene from America, and all I was interested in was having a career of my own.

Affliction is a pill, which, being wrapt up in patience and quiet submission, may be easily swallowed; but discontent chews the pill, and so embitters the soul.

To the west, the Pacific Ocean, which revulses me, for its vastness cannot be fitted into any box.

To me, the [British] Open is the tournament I would come to if I had to leave a month before and swim over.

I can't explain why a bride buys her wedding dress, whereas a groom rents his tux.