I believe that one of the great problems for us as individuals is the depression and the tension resulting from existence in a world which is increasingly less pleasing to the eye.

When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season, I'll know I'm growing old.

It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it.

A little stress and adventure is good for you, if nothing else, just to prove you are alive.

For me, books have been a life-long resource-to learning, laughter, solace, excitement, inspiration. At your library, the world awaits you, free for the asking.

I want us to know our world. If I lived in North Georgia on up through the Appalachians, I would be just as crazy about the mountain laurel as I am about [Texas] bluebonnets.

The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.