Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.

Every minute with a child takes seven minutes off your life.

I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved.

Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.…

I want to do everything in the world that can be done.

Le malheur est que, parfois, des souhaits s'accomplissent, afin que se perpetue le supplice de l'esperance.

Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where the…