I'll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!

There’s nothing as cozy as a piece of candy and a book.

The coffee was so strong it snarled as it lurched out of the pot.

a grudge will soon rot the pocket you carry it in.

In the country Sunday is the day on which you do exactly as much work as you do on other days but feel guilty all the time you are doing it because Sunday is a day of rest.

Dare we face the question of just how much of the darkness around us is of our own making?

In the country, weather is as important as food and sometimes means the difference between life and death.

Our little room was morbidly quiet and sorrow was heaped in my corner like dirty snow.

Gammy used to say, 'Too much scrubbing takes the life right out of things.'

Of course the reason that all the children in our town like Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is because Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle likes children, she enjoys talking to them and best of all they do not irritate her.

Gammy used to say "Too much scrubbing takes the life right out of things."

You know, ” said Jehangir, breaking the silence, “it's only Muslims who use the term 'innovation' to mean something bad.

The theater has been called the pulse of the people.

It's not only who you know but who knows you.

In general, when you travel, you get into a different reality and are able to more accurately reflect on your ordinary life. Hiking does that for me.

When will society, like a mother, take care of all her children?

My novels and poems are meant to be read aloud. That's why jazz musicians have been able to adapt my stuff.

There's nothing beautiful about somebody killing themselves.

I can understand German as well as the maniac that invented it, but I talk it best through an interpreter.

The bow is tactically strong at the commencement of battle, especially battles on a moor, as it is possible to shoot quickly among the spearmen.

In my opinion, the style of a player should not be formed under the influence of any single great master.