Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles.

I have found in life that everything, no matter how bad, comes to an end.

I knew then that the person on the outside was only a shell, a presence to be seen and provoked. Inside was the real me, where my tears joined the tears of all the sad people to form the three waterfalls in the night country.

Innocents, the meat in a ghastly sandwich between an uncaring society and a vengeful state.

. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.

Small can beat big, but you must have a plan.

It's been a privilege to write for you and to have you accept me as a storyteller in your lives, Now, as my story draws to an end, may I say only, `Thank you. You have been simply wonderful'.