Each child brings so much joy and hope into the world, and that is reason enough for being here. As you grow older, you will contribute something else to this world, and only you can discover what that is.

Something I am wondering: if you cannot hear do you have no sounds in your head? Do you see a silent movie

I tried. Can't do it. Brain's empty.

Man needs bread and hyacinths: one to feed the body, and one to feed the soul.

I don't remember titles of books or authors from when I was young. I remember the title of only one book, which was 'The Timber Toes.' I remember it was a family of little wooden people who lived in the woods, and for some reason that stayed with me.

A person isn't a bird. You can't cage a person.

The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in.