What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born.

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.

To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.

In our changing world nothing changes more than geography.

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.

Exclusion is always dangerous. Inclusion is the only safety if we are to have a peaceful world.

All in all, Vermont is a jewel state, small but precious.

Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven, unasked and unsought.

The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members

Hunger makes a thief of any man.

Violence isn't a Democrat or Republican problem. It's an American problem, requiring an American solution.

It's the chance of a lifetime in a lifetime of chance, and it's high time you joined in the dance.

I think we need to look for any opening we can to avoid a war and we shouldn't pass up any opportunity for resolution.

When the sleeping snake is gone, then you can rest at ease.

My first memory is on a ship from California back to Sydney. Water is just a natural place of home and not home.

We're in a time now where technology is such that we can create anything, and that's what's new about television and film these days.

I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT CRITICS, LIKE I SAID THEY DONT BUY TICKETS.

My children are living, thinking human beings. It isn't in my power to regret them, for they belong to themselves.

One thing you learn about the novel as a form is that it's always smarter than you are.