I wake up thinking: What am I reading? What will I read next? I'm terrified that I'll run out, that I will read through all I want to, and be forced to learn wildflowers at last, to keep awake.

Every spring he vowed to quit teaching school, and every summer he missed his pupils and searched for them on the streets.

Caring passionately about something isn't against nature, and it isn't against human nature. It's what we're here to do.

When I first read the words 'introvert' and 'extrovert' when I was 10, I thought I was both.

The courage of children and beasts is a function of innocence.

If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair... or go into business. You’ve got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.

Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery.