A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.

Give the children love, more love and still more love – and the common sense will come by itself.

Don't let them get you down. Be cheeky. And wild. And wonderful.

Everything great that ever happened in this world happened first in somebody’s imagination.

What the world of tomorrow will be like is greatly dependent on the power of imagination in those who are learning to read today.

There is very little you can beat into a child, but no limit to what you can hug out of it.

I don't mind dying, I'll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first.

If I have brightened up one single sad childhood, then I have at least accomplished something in my life.

I don't want to write for adults. I want to write for readers who can perform miracles. Only children perform miracles when they read.

And so I write the way I myself would like the book to be – if I were a child. I write for the child within me.

Then she yelled after the girl, 'No, we haven't seen any bald 'uns all days. But yesterday seventeen of 'em went by. Arm in arm!

We are who we are, be­cause of those we choose to love and be­cause of those who love us.

The LORD bless you and keep you

I'm a mom - I'm lucky if I get to shower in the morning. Luckily, nail polish stays on my toes. I've been so bad on the upkeep, though.

I had only that one picture, Hitler, the Beast of Berlin, in which I had a part big enough to impress anyone. I tried for better roles over and over again

The most important thing is that Milosevic agreed to sit at the negotiating table with the Kosovo Albanians

Some mothers need happy children; others need unhappy ones-otherwise they cannot prove their maternal virtues.

I find it very offensive when the government tells me what I can and cannot watch. Censor yourself.

But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan.

A people that loves freedom will in the end be free.

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.