What I remember when I started to write was how I couldn't wait to get up in the morning to get to my characters.

How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

Believe in yourself and you can achieve greatness in your life.

our finger prints dont fade from the lives we touch

Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me.

Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.

We are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?

The truth will make you odd.

Things change…things happen…things you can’t even imagine when you’re young and full of hope.

How easy it is to slip.How hard it is to climb.How wise it is to keep in stepAnd never fall behind.

All we really want in the end is to be connected once again with the Truth of our being, to realize what it is that wears this mask of self.

This world is not my home, I'm just a passing through.

I took prenatal yoga three times a week, including the morning I went into labor. It helped me stay comfortable.

You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.

From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.

Mathematics is good for the soul, getting things right enlivens a sense of truth, efforts to understand automatically purify desires.

Show me a man with a great golf game, and I’ll show you a man who has been neglecting something.

Maybe I have to work a bit harder on clay. It's a challenge and I've always liked challenges. Whether I will ever win the French and master playing on clay, who knows? But I'll give it a shot.

Be cheerful; wipe thine eyes: Some falls are means the happier to arise