The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one which makes you think.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets -

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Things are always better in the morning.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're quite different from people who must write.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

I left a piece of my soul that will always rightfully belong in the desert.

There is always a double meaning in life...

Why worry? If you've done the very best you can, worrying won't make it any better

Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.

For a song I was bought Now I lie when I talk With a careful eye on the cue card. Onto a stage I was pushed, With my sorrow well rehearsed. So give me all your pity and your money, now (all of it).

It was almost as incredible as if you fired a 15-inch shell at a piece of tissue paper and it came back and hit you.

When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.

The responsibility of the writer as a moral agent is to try to bring the truth about matters of human significance to an audience that can do something about them.

But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it's bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.

When Tolstoy wrote that all happy families are alike, what he meant was that there are no happy families.