...it's not just learning that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters.

The only other thing which I think is important is: Don't write a book or start a book with the expectation of communicating a message in a very important way.

Many of the things which can never be, often are.

The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.

Everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best.

You see, years ago I was just an ordinary bee minding my own business, smelling flowers all day, and occasionally picking up part-time work in people's bonnets. Then one day I realized that I'd never amount to anything without an education and, being naturally adept at spelling, I decided that—

But just because you can never reach it, doesn’t mean that it’s not worth looking for.