One thing you can count on when visiting the Nevernever: you don't ever get bored.
We have two natures within us, both struggling for mastery. Which one will dominate us? It depends on which one we feed.
The father who has selflessly poured himself into the life of his children may leave no other monument than that of his children. But as for a life well lived, no other monument is necessary.
Success is hard, rewards are scant and the glory not always there.
Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
The benefits of forgiveness are limitless.
He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...
It does not take a great supernatural heroine or magical hero to save the world.We all save it every day, and we all destroy it -- in our own small ways -- by every choice we make and every tiniest ac...