[Librarians] study their field with as much determination and as much delight as open-heart surgeons.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

You know how dey say some people “devour” books? Not in da way ME do! Me REALLY devour books!

But time heals, as they say, or more to the point, fresher wounds help us to forget the old scars.

I'm working harder than I have ever worked in my entire life, but what the hell, my life is my job now, and my job is my life and that's the way it should be.

where is here, when is now??

I'll be happy if I can just stay out of Nebraska.

Consolation indiscreetly pressed upon us, when we are suffering undue affliction, only serves to increase our pain, and to render our grief more poignant.

I am not beautiful, so I don't know why I'm making myself ugly. But the mustache stays.

You know what? I was wrong. You are an idiot. My life happens to, on occasion, suck beyond the telling of it. Sometimes more than I can handle.

Shirt collars are very important to me. Putting a very soft shirt collar with a formal suit doesn't work for me at all.

Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, I gain'd my freedom.