That's what I like so much about old libraries - they smell the way we'd like to imagine the past.

I decided that it wasn’t pretty that I felt, but confident.

A great meal is an experience that nourishes more than your body.

Don't you just love the idea of cooking flowers? I imagine them bursting into bloom, right in the pan.

Hermione was back, holding out a gossamer dress of rainbow chiffon so airy I thought of fireflies on a moonlight night.

We slid along water reds and greens, the changing lights captured in the canvas of wet tar.

When I'm 18, I can finally order that paid programming stuff on TV. Like it always says, 'Must be 18 or older to call,' so I'll be able to call! I can finally buy some blenders from the TV.

Human beings judge one another by their external actions. God judges them by their moral choices.

Every man in Ingary is scared stiff of her. You ought to know how that feels, Sophie dear.

It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainment.

Life gives you an endless supply of do-overs.

The smallest of disciplines, practiced every day, start an incredible process that can change our lives forever.

I am an "unrealized" character, dramatically speaking.

Sinn Fein is the fastest growing party on the island of Ireland.

The greatest of all disorders is to think we are whole and need no help.

Nothing could be as hard as middle school.