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.

I started thinking about life insurance and how nice it would be if you could get insurance that your life would be happy, and that everyone you knew could be happy, and they could all do what they really wanted to do, and they could all find the people they wanted to find.

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

When I read good stories, I want to write good stories too.

Sometimes when you are trying not to think about something it keeps popping back in your head you can't help it you think about it and think about it and think about it until your brain feels like a squashed pea.

Read a lot, live your life, and listen and watch, so that your mind fills up with millions of images.

Then I thought, boy, isn't that just typical? You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it happens, you feel sad.