Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" was extremely important to me.

Never look at other people's bad fortune,' my mother said. 'If you do, it will come back to find you instead of its rightful owner.

I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.

Anyway, the sort of love that will not wait is probably best to pass by

Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.

Most people know that Ray Bradbury is one of my favorite authors.