The cost of a loaf is a simple thing, and so a loaf is often sought, but some things are past valuing: laughter, land, and love are never bought.

If there is one thing I will not abide it is the folly of a willful pride.

It wasn't even a good note. 'If you are reading this I am probably dead.' What sort of a note is that?

Could you help me catch the moon?” “I might be able to give you some advice,” the old man said reluctantly. “But first you should think this over, boy. When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you’ll bring about no end of trouble chasing it.

Knowing your own ignorance is the first step to enlightenment.

If I talk about what I'm good at, I seem like I'm a conceited egomaniac.

You can't write good characters if you can't imagine what it's like being in another person's skin. And if you can imagine that, you naturally want other people's lives to be better. You want to make that happen.