I believe humility is a virtue, but I prefer not to use it unless it is absolutely necessary.

Blindness separates us from things but deafness separates us from people.

A simple, childlike faith in a Divine Friend solves all the problems that come to us by land or sea

Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.

Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.

In a word, literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book-friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness. The things I have learned and the things I have been taught seem of ridiculously little importance compared with their "large loves and heavenly charities.

There's only one story, the story of your life.