There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.

[Librarians] study their field with as much determination and as much delight as open-heart surgeons.

I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music.

We can be better, we can be wiser, we can be more kind. Yes we have to change. We have to grow up and stop acting like 10 years old. Yes there is much to do, much to see, much to go into.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, without it, you can practice no other.

I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.

We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat so that we can know who we are. So that we can see, "Oh, that happened, and I rose. I did get knocked down flat in front of the whole world, and I rose. I didn't run away; I rose right where I'd been knocked down." That's how you get to know yourself.