To leave the world a little better than you found it. That's the best a man can ever do.

Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world.

There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

Stories only happen to those who are able to tell them.

It always stimulates me to discover new examples of my own prejudice and stupidity, to realize that I don't know half as much as I think I do.

One should never underestimate the power of books.

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

It often happens that things are other than what they seem, and you can get yourself into trouble by jumping to conclusions.

Memory is the space in which a thing happens for a second time.

It seems to me that I will always be happy in the place where I am not.

Cat, " said Peterkin, turning his head a little on one side, "I love you.

To see great result let your conversations reveals ultimate priority of restoring the kingdom

We bask in the scent of cinnamon beforeMom puts a scone her plate.'His name is Rich, ' she says.I select a scone too.'I like a man with an adjective for a name.

I don't run a woman government. I run a government of people.

... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness

We are not actually equal - humanity - if we are not allowed to freely love one another.

I represent an affluent district, but when I worked to form my county's first battered-women's shelter, some nights there were no beds left. Violence against women crosses all economic lines.

When times are bad is when you want to build! Why wait for things to pick up so everything will cost more?

I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires.

Strength is a facade for the proud, weakness is a mask for the lazy.