Children are unaccountable little creatures.

Oh, how quickly things changed! Why didn't happiness last for ever? For ever wasn't a bit too long.

Warm, eager, living life-to be rooted in life-to learn, to desire, to know, to feel, to think, to act. This is what I want. And nothing less. That is what I must try for.

The great thing to remember is we can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough.

You have never been curious about me; you never wanted to explore my soul.

... I'd always rather be with people who loved me too little rather than with people who loved me too much.

Every time one leaves anywhere, something precious, which ought not to be killed, is left to die.