As the story grew, it put down roots into the past and threw out unexpected branches .

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.

Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

If by my life or death I can protect you, I will.

Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you've done since you left home.

Short cuts make long delays.

He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.

I don't think we [with Kate DiCamillo] intended to write a book about friendship, I think we intended to write a book about two friends.

Some men are like a clock on the roof; they are useful only to the neighbors.

The law of attraction or the law of love... they are one and the same.

So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech.

Night is falling: at dusk, you must have good eyesight to be able to tell the Good Lord from the Devil.

In the end, a person is only known by the impact he or she has on others.

As a founder you have to build a team some day, so why not start the day you found the company?

I did stand-up for a good number of years while I was still living in New York, and those people primarily knew me as 'the kid stand-up.'

Make-up? What happened? You look almost female." "Thanks. You look almost straight.

Everything in nature is a puzzle until it finds its solution in man, who solves it in some way with God, and so completes the circle of creation.