They were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on. And he was angry at himself, that he could not change that for them.

-a whole world can lie before someone, if love is there when one wakes.

Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.

It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.

The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.

The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without colour, pain or past.

The writer after all is only half the book, the other half is the reader.

Kids deserve the right to think that they can change the world.

We live in times that are in many ways ambiguous. Maybe that's why kids want precision in what they read - they don't like that moral ambiguity.

Take pride in your pain; you are stronger than those who have none

He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself.

Material things may satisfy your temporal desires, but none can be taken with you when you're gone. Build your hopes on things eternal !

Good things happen to good people.

…in silence learned the sweet solace which affection administers to sorrow.

I will not change just to court popularity.

We were from totally different social backgrounds. This is what is very hard for an American to understand, but we could have been five guys from Mars.

The reason for living is to have great relationships, to have people you love and respect and who love and respect you.

You explain right well, and you shew that you understand argument and are not a mere sophist since you accept that which cannot be denied.

In no other game but love can you make all the right moves and still lose.

Christians must respond to evil with good, taking the cross upon themselves as Jesus did

The situation comes first...the characters...come next...[then] begin to narrate.