if a book is not good enough for a grownup, it is not good enough for a child.

A good laugh heals a lot of hurts.

I am also four, and twelve, and fifteen, and twenty-three, and thirty-one, and forty-five and . . . and . . . and . . .

She began to feel the sense of wonderful elation that always came to her when beauty took hold of her and made her forget her fears.

If our language is watered down, then mankind becomes less human, and less free.

But grief still has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my feet. Sometimes there is an enormous breaker that knocks me down. Sometimes there is a sudden and fierce squall. But I know that many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

A new year can begin only because the old year ends.