The family we choose for ourselves is more important than the one we were born into; that people have to earn our respect and trust, not have it handed to them simply because of genetics.

The best artists know what to leave out.

I want to be magic. I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. I want to be a friend of elves and live in a tree. Or under a hill. I want to marry a moonbeam and hear the stars sing. I don't want to pretend at magic anymore. I want to be magic.

"... he had understood, better than anyone ... the beauty that grew out of the simple knowledge that everything, no matter how small or large it might be, was a perfect example of what it was."

The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it.

There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.

Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.