We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.

What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child.

you're so special more than you know and more than I show. you're my soul mate, you're my lover, you're all that I know. it's your smile and it's your eyes it's your heart and it's your cries. I'll love

No words could ever tell you, No action could express The way I feel about you. With you, my life is blessed. You're the light in my tunnel. You are my pot of gold. You are the strength that gets me through

Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).

Without music, life would be a mistake.