The world is full of magical places, and the library has always been one of them for me. A library can be that special place for our children.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.

If you remain calm in the midst of great chaos, it is the surest guarantee that it will eventually subside.

That night she dreamed of the deer. Strangely, the animal was holding her. She cuddled close into the soft fur and touched and kissed it gently. In the morning her pillow was wet with tears.

Whatever man imagines is possible

There is only one possible road you can take, ' he said, 'and that is t go by way of your imagination.

Sometimes oppurtunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.

Learn to listen when people are talking. Frist, it's a great art, and second, it's quite possible that when people say ne thing they mean another.

I can't worry about everything at once, Elend thought with determination. I just have to trust. Trust in myself and keep going.

Whatever Latin America sells—raw materials or manufactures—its chief export product is really cheap labor.

From listening comes wisdom and from speaking repentance.

It's an exciting place to go, really. The rain, the drizzle, the cold, the depressing people, the smokes in the bath ... I don't know of anyone who has been to Blackpool and enjoyed it.

And if there is no god? You act as if there is, and it's the same thing.

The only cowards are sinners; fighting the fight is all.

everything happens to an artist; time is always redeemed, nothing is lost and wonders never cease.

For any man to match above his rank is but to sell his liberty.

Shall the railroads govern the country, or shall the people govern the railroads? Shall the interest of railroad kings be chieflyregarded, or shall the interest of the people be paramount?

I started acting before that when I was about 13 or 14.