A related recurring theme is the exploration of how we take for granted the things in our immediate environment that are common and ordinary. Existential blindness, of sorts.

Never look directly at the sun. Instead, look at the sunflower.

The pyramid shape is said to hold many secrets and amazing properties. One of them is a sense of wonder.

Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.

A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, she is never less. Equality is a given. A woman is human.

The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale.

Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age.

Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first, must help the other.

Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement.

A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it. But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So does gossip.

Each letter of the alphabet is a steadfast loyal soldier in a great army of words, sentences, paragraphs, and stories. One letter falls, and the entire language falters.

He felt the imaginary weight of shackles press against his soul. He bound himself to her once more.

I would rip the stars from the sky if you wished it. Anything for you. But remember to trust me. Remember your promise.

Love is willing to become to villain so that the one who you love can stay a hero.

The whole thing about my books and my life is that I create drama's always around me.

It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing.

I grew up in a small town about 40 miles outside London, but it was a fairly cosmopolitan household.

We interpret the world through stories... everybody makes in their own way sense of things, but if you have stories it helps.

Satan can do only what the sovereign God allows him to do.

It's quite nice coming off doing a dark, upsetting scene. It's a relief that that's over with, and then you can get back to happy old Sophie.

I want to be like Solomon, and instead of asking for riches ask for wisdom and creativity.