the encounter with death is the great turning-point in the lives of those who live on.

A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.

Some people think that doctors and nurses can put scrambled eggs back into the shell.

No Vermont town ever let anybody in it starve.

The actions of a human being, even of fifteen months of age, may not be without significance to a sympathetic eye.

Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself.

What a fearfully distracting, perplexing and heart-searching business it is to live.

One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young.

Libraries are the vessels in which the seed corn for the future is stored.

Vermont is the only place in America where I ever hear thrift spoken of with respect.

What's the use of inventing a better system as long as there just aren't enough folks with sense to go around?

It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.

She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.

Answer the question “ what am I living for?” and become a master in this field, serve others with your gift, because you were created exactly with this goal

Overcoming abuse doesn't just happen, It takes positive steps everyday. Let today be the day you start to move forward.

he tried to prepare himself for disappointment, even as he yearned to be proven wrong

Though you may feel that you cannot improve the world, you can always improve yourself. In doing so, the world becomes a better place.

It began as a mistake.

I really like grammar. And spelling. I was a spelling-bee kid. I'm hard-core about grammar.

We don't do that kind of thing. We don't create registries based on religion.

If all the economists in the world were laid end to end, it wouldn't be a bad thing.