A child embarrassed by his mother,” she said, “is just a child who hasn’t lived long enough.

The basis of everything, of all knowledge, is the ability to read.

One day spent with someone you love can change everything.

This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have.

Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. an alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.

You can know the whole world and still feel lost in it.

There's a story behind everything..but behind all your stories is always your mother's story..because hers is where yours begins.