You cannot see the past that did not happen any more than you can foresee the future.

If our love for each other really is participatory, then all other human relationships nourish it; it is inclusive, never exclusive.

A truly great work of art breaks beyond the bounds of the period and culture in which it is created, so final judgement on a current book has to be deferred until it can be seen outside this present moment.

Humility is throwing oneself away in complete concentration on something or someone else.

I wish that we worried more about asking the right questions instead of being so hung up on finding answers.

Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. - Mrs. Whatsit

Great art transcends its culture and touches on that which is eternal.