Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.

Wrong turns are as important as right turns. More important, sometimes.

You are not the child of the people you call mother and father, but their fellow-adventurer on a bright journey to understand the things that are.

True love stories never have endings.

In the highest sense, we are all creatures of light. And I have a very difficult time talking with people who are cynical about the world. "The world is no damn good, and we're all animals," and that kind of thing. Well, I'm an animal.

There are grand rewards for those who pick the high hard roads, but those rewards are hidden by years.

That she won the game startled me cold. The way she won, the pattern of her thought on the chessboard, charmed me warm again and then some.