Just keep in mind, " Liaro said, "they're not going to remember the words. They'll remember how you made them feel. Make them feel something.

It is obvious that an imagined world, however different it may be from the real one, must have something - a form - in common with it.

I was born in Somerville, but I don't remember very much about it because we moved from there to Arlington when I was five years old, and it was in Arlington that I spent most of my childhood.

During high school I worked in a retirement home. I spent many wonderful hours hearing from service men and their widows about WWI.

You do not convince me. You rationalize your actions and because the result is favorable you become right.

Be bold, but be fair. Don't give in. If others around you have integrity, too, you can prevail

The pain is necessary. Sometimes pain is the teacher we require, a hidden gift of healing and hope.

Literature has done great work for feminism - writing and reading are a practice of empathy - and great literature will continue to do so.

A friend is never alarmed for us in the right place.

Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring... 'How to Build a Boat.'

Difficulties will assail you only when you lack in concentration and persistence.