Maybe there was no happily ever after [...] but there was happiness sometimes and she had it now, doing what she knew she was born for.

I try to remind myself that we are never promised anything, and that what control we can exert is not over the events that befall us but how we address ourselves to them.

He says I'm beautiful as a red tomato

Wouldn't it be strange, she thought, to have a blue sky? But she liked the way it looked. It would be beautiful - a blue sky.

The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger is the boss, you get unintended consequences.

A person who thought he knew everything simply didn’t understand how much there was to know.

People find a way through just about anything.

When someone has been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?' 'You wouldn't want to. That's what makes it hard. You do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad.

What you need to learn, children, is the difference between right and wrong in every area of life. And once you learn the difference, you must always choose the right.

It would be something that another person had written down without understanding its significance; just a sentence or two that would be like a flash of light.

A darkness different from Ember's, but just as frightening.

Scribblings of love are on your heartSo you think you can find it anywhere...Darling please beware not everyone has your heart.

Great God of wonders, the Creator of all dreams.

the sculpting of the brain’s circuitry during this period of brain growth depends to a great degree on what a child experiences day-to-day.

Nothing reaches the intellect before making its appearance in the senses.

It's important to teach your kids the value of being active by setting a good example.

I am a serious food lover and Peruvian cuisine is one of the best in the world.

Every time you make a choice that expresses respect for life, you bring a little more love in your body, into your family, into our society, and into a world that is calling out for this blessing.

We came from the sea originally, now we're going back in it. Don't go in it, unless you're in a boat.

Life can be difficult for kids born with a gold spoon in their mouth, because they never really get to find out if they're able to work hard and make it on their own.

How it felt to have the world moving beneath me, a hand gripping mine, knowing if I fell, at least I wouldn't do it alone.