There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.

The greatest danger in any argument is that real issues often clouded by superficial ones, that momentary passions may obscure permanent realities.

It is quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person - beguiled, enchanted.

There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.

Whatever laudable qualities the English may possess in their selection, preparation, and consumption of food, elegance, originality, diversity, and imagination are not among them.

Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind.

Suffering without understanding in this life is a heap worse than suffering when you have at least the grain of an idea what it's all for.