I have the feeling that I know who I am, only I'm not anymore.

People can be unimaginably foolish...and they can be unimaginably grand, at times.

I do have trouble starting books. I have ideas that I have trouble starting to write. But I'm the kind of person who tends to finish everything she starts out of sheer stubbornness.

When a daring idea first crosses one's mind, if it is to be realized in the future it is often appealing. Then, as the time for its execution comes nearer, one begins to dread that which had once been anticipated.

Rebellion is necessary for development of character.

Kids are really tougher than adults, but we tend to forget this in an affluent society that lets kids indulge themselves.

...When this map was made, there was only empty forest in the south," Gran told Birle."Not empty," Granda corrected her. "The forest is never empty.