Think how wonderful it might be to no longer matter, Mrs. Peregrine. Think how wonderful it might be to no longer worry, struggle… or fail.

She enjoys a fight for survival.

At the time, however, I didn't realize the extent of my granddaughter's sensitivity - or her loneliness. I thought only of myself. Of my own sensitivity and my own loneliness.

If there's one observation that rings true in today's changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand.

Nowadays, using a computer has become a way of life.

People nowadays take time far more seriously than eternity. – Thomas Kelly

It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.

Experiencing the present purely is being empty and hollow; you catch grace as a man fills his cup under a waterfall.

The most successful scientists are not the most talented. But they are the ones who are impelled by curiosity. They've got to know what the answer is

But his words fall away. He looks confused. He looks flustered and sorry. Like you do when you run up to someone you think you know and take her arm and she turns around and you were wrong.

If we put the camera on ourselves, our friends and neighbors, we'll come up with some scary stuff.

So history is fertile territory for me and I think I could feel happy with any period of history, provided I had the right sources and the necessary time for the initial research.

Rogerson," I asked him sweetly as we sat watching a video in the pool house, "where would I find the pelagic zone?" "In the open sea," he said. "Now shut up and eat your Junior Mints.