Oh, magic hour, when a child first knows she can read printed words.

From that moment on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again.

I came to a clear conclusion, and it is a universal one: To live, to struggle, to be in love with life--in love with all life holds, joyful or sorrowful--is fulfillment. The fullness of life is open to all of us.

Oh time...time, pass so that I forget! Oh time, Great Healer, pass over me and let me forget.

Well' Francie decided, 'I guess the thing that is giving me this headache is life - and nothing else but'.

Some people do crossword puzzles. I do books.

I want to live for something. I don't want to live to get charity food to give me enough strength to go back to get more charity food.