You dont have to live forever just live.

It'd be nice to have a new name, to start with, one that's not all worn out from being called so much.

The only thing I would want to say is that storytelling is ancient; it's something that everybody does. Kids mustn't be in awe of it. Reading should be a joy - fun, fun, fun - not a responsibility, not something you do because society demands it, but something you do because it's a pleasure.

People got to do something useful if they're going to take up space in the world.

Still-there's no use trying to figure why things fall the way they do. Things just are, and fussing don't bring changes.

I have a wonderful husband, and we have had a great life.

The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.