to understand pretending, " Ombric was fond of saying, "is to conquer all barriers of time and space.

To understand pretending is to conquer all barriers of time and space.

you know, a daydream properly utilized can be the most powerful force in the universe. One need only dream of freedom to begin to break the spell of enslavement.

The possibilities were endless. Battles would be fought. Wonders revealed. Many journeys. Many lands. Many joys. Many sorrows.But stories all...

The nurse knew that those who really love, love in silence, with deeds and not with words.

If you want to cry, you're not going to like my books.

Black people are the only segment in American society that is defined by its weakest elements. Every other segment is defined by its highest achievement. We have to turn that around.

All human beings have a great agency for being part of a team.

Words mean more than we mean to express when we use them: so a whole book ought to mean a great deal more than the writer meant.

A theocracy is a government ruled directly by God, and for us it means "Theocracy within". In other words, trying to live by God's principles instead of just living selfishly.

It's interesting to have the awkward moments play out, and the real human interactions. The more you cut that down, you lose the joke, which is that this is painful and hard.

Motherhood is neither a duty nor a privilege, but simply the way that humanity can satisfy the desire for physical immortality and triumph over the fear of death.

When I wake up the next morning, there's a Hershey's Kiss sitting on the table beside me.

There are terrible living conditions and unhappiness, (even) where everybody is Italian.