There's hope at the bottom of the biggest waterfall." ~pg 426

Choices may be unbelievably hard but they're never impossible. To say you have no choice is to release yourself from responsibility and that's not how a person with integrity acts.

Librarians are tour-guides for all of knowledge.

Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.

To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.

A book… it’s a world all on its own too. A world made of words, where you live for a while.

I was a hugely unchaperoned reader, and I would wander into my local public library and there sat the world, waiting for me to look at it, to find out about it, to discover who I might be inside it.

We are the choices we make.

In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.

... a good idea always attracts other good ideas.

Stories are important...They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth.

God has spoken to us through a Book: the Bible.

Nature or nurture? A talent needs both.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

The silent dog is the first to bite.

CURTAIN CALLThe world is our stage and the final act can highlight or ruin a beautiful play

Round, cat-eye frames, wayfarers, and aviators are my go-tos.

Marrying any man is risky. Marrying a famous man is kissing catastrophe.

Death in Somalia seldom bothers to announce its arrival. In fact, death calls with the arrogance of a guest confident on receiving a warm welcome at any time, no question asked.

One should hate very little, because it's extremely fatiguing. One should despise much, forgive often and never forget. Pardon does not bring with it forgetfulness; at least not for me.

Life is a whoopee cushion, a chair pulled away just as you were taking a seat.