...I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes.

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well.

It's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be.

I carry the place around the world in my heart but sometimes I try to shake it off in my dreams

The mind of a little child is fascinating, for it looks on old things with new eyes-but at about twelve this changes. The adolescent offers nothing, can do nothing, say nothing that the adult cannot do better.

Egyptian Proverb: The worst things: To be in bed and sleep not, To want for one who comes not, To try to please and please not.

Given a decent start any girl can beat a man nowadays.