What a blessing it is to love books.

What a blessing it is to love books. Everybody must love something, and I know of no objects of love that give such substantial and unfailing returns as books and a garden.

Books have their idiosyncrasies as well as people, and will not show me their full beauties unless the place and time in which they are read suits them.

I want to be as idle as I can, so that my soul may have time to grow.

I'm so glad I didn't die on the various occasions I have earnestly wished I might, for I would have missed a lot of lovely weather.

Use fear as a counselor not a captor.

It's not worth it to build castles on the sand if they get destroyed by the waves of reality.

If Chelsea drop points, the cat's out in the open. And you know what cats are like - sometimes they don't come home.

Praying for revival equates to blaming God for the condition of your local church.

I have an English family and I've lived in England for years.

NUTHIN' more fun than Rock n' Roll!

I will not fall in love with you," she said. "I can't let myself. I won't." "That's all right. I'll love you enough for the both of us.

We ultimately get to know ourselves a little bit better by pushing forward.

I often find myself writing about people taking care of each other, or trying to. And often seem to write about situations that are too big for the characters.

I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.