You never know ahead of time what something's really going to be like.

We do have trouble dealing with death, but it's the one thing that is guaranteed we are all going to have to do, and we are going to have to face it many times before we die ourselves.

Words are humanity's greatest natural resource, but most of us have trouble figuring out how to put them together. Words aren't cheap. They are very precious. They are like water, which gives life and growth and refreshment, but because it has always been abundant, we treat it cheaply. We waste it; we pollute it, and doctor it. Later we blame the quality of the water because we have misused it.

You gotta know someone cares about you, or you just give up.

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

We book people are always preaching about reading aloud to children, but unless you do, you can't realize how it enriches family life.

Hope ... is not a feeling; it is something you do.