The one thing that always sticks out to me was how reading to young people - even if they're not that young, even if they're too cool for school, middle schoolers - what a profound act of love it is.

I always feel so sorry for women who don't like to walk

Those who unlock your compassion are those to whom you've been assigned.

Ah, my princess. Noble steed. How does the morning find you both?

The ACLU's various policies regarding religious freedom in public schools are a revealing collection of anti-religious bias.

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.

When I was at school, I was terrible at algebra and arithmetic, but I was always the best at English and literature. And acting, of course.

They tell me, Lucy, thou art dead, that all of thee we loved and cherished has with thy summer roses perished; and left, as its young beauty fled, an ashen memory in its stead.

The chief recommendation is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred.

Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique.

They got married, they got divorced, and half their money goes out the window.