We are, finally, all wanderers in search of knowledge. Most of us hold the dream of becoming something better than we are, something larger, richer, in some way more important to the world and ourselves. Too often, the way taken is the wrong way, with too much emphasis on what we want to have, rather than what we wish to become.

There is nothing more dangerous than a woman with a shotgun. Because you don't know when it's going to go off...and neither does she.

A writer's brain is like a magician's hat. If you're going to get anything out of it, you have to put something in it first.

Our libraries are not cloisters for an elite. They are for the people, and if they are not used, the fault belongs to those who do not take advantage of their wealth.

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.

Love is a moment of stillness that sometimes a word can shatter to pieces. Or love can be a thing that endures, a rich, deep current flowing unending through the years.

Education is everywhere, prompting one to think, to consider, to remember.