Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.

And they both began to laugh over nothing as children will when they are happy together. And they laughed so that in the end they were making as much noise as if they had been two ordinary healthy natural ten-year-old creatures—instead of a hard, little, unloving girl and a sickly boy who believed that he was going to die.

Of course there must be lots of Magic in the world, but people don't know what it is like or how to make it.

One marvel of a day he had walked so far that when he returned the moon was high and full and all the world was purple shadow and silver.

Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.

When you will not fly into a passion people know you are stronger than they are, because you are strong enough to hold in your rage, and they are not, and they say stupid things they wish they hadn't said afterward. There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it in--that's stronger. It's a good thing not to answer your enemies.

My mother always says people should be able to take care of themselves, even if they're rich and important.