There are far too many people for us to think about each of them during our short stay on earth—like the thousands of books in a library we haven’t time to read in an afternoon. But this is no excuse to cease browsing. For every now and then, we find that one book that reaches us deep inside and introduces us to ourselves. And, in someone else’s story, we come to understand our own.

You're the type who thinks of the glass as being half full, instead of half empty. "No," she said, "I'm just grateful for the glass.

The sin of the desert is knowing where the water is and not sharing it.

Some so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It's like committing suicide to avoid being murdered.

What a culture we live in, we are swimming in an ocean of information, and drowning in ignorance.

The kids who speak well, are articulate and intelligent, are all readers.

Don't try to write what other people are writing - write what is true to you.