They sang the words in unison, yet somehow created a web of sounds with their voices. It was like hearing a piece of fabric woven with all the colors of a rainbow. I did not know that such beauty could be formed by the human mouth. I had never heard harmony before.

One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.

Egypt loved the lotus becuase it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved. Thus can something as insignificant as a name-two syllables, one high, one sweet- summon up the innumerable smiles, tears, sighs and dreams of a human life.

The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.

The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff.

I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.

The story it told was unremarkable: a tale of love found and lost- the oldest story in the world. The only story.