When he sat alone in the darkness and cried and was done, all done with it, nothing had changed. His leg still hurt, it was still dark, he was still alone and the self-pity had accomplished nothing.

I owe everything I am and everything I will ever be to books.

If books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need readers who bring to them sound and smell and light and all the rest that can’t be in books. The book needs you.

Patience, he thought. So much of this was patience - waiting, and thinking and doing things right. So much of all this, so much of all living was patience and thinking.

We make a mistake in thinking we own pets - the animals open their lives up and make us a part of them.

Do what you can as you can. Trouble, problems, will come no matter what you do , and you must respond as they come.

A book is a friend. You can never have too many.

I tried to contain myself... but I escaped!

Read like a wolf eats and write every day. Every. Single. Day.

Books make me feel safe. Books make me feel normal.

Things seemed to go back and forth between reality and imagination--except that it was all reality.

To welcome the present with an open hand and heart, let your past go with appreciation.

If you really think that the enviroment is less important than the economy, try holding your breath while you count your money.

Nobody stopped believing that other people were more guilty than they were. Why do people have so much trouble seeing their own faults but such an easy time seeing everyone else's?

Everyone likes to talk shop, which is the most interesting talk in the world, in the beginning.

Magic's never what you expect it to be, but it's often what you need.

I started out playing ukulele when I was 5 or 6 years old.

There is absolutely no man in the whole world who can possess one among you unless he first die.

When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have to feel stronger about it in order to succeed.

Let my inspiration flow, in token lines suggesting rhythm, that will not forsake me, till my tale is told and done.

I agree with Warren to keep it simple and not use higher mathematics in your analysis.