Peter lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe amongst the potatoes.

There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.

We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.

What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.

With opportunity the world is very interesting.

For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.

What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.

I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.

The more I see, the less I know for sure.

It is important to express oneself...provided the feelings are real and are taken from you own experience.

[America] needs a certain thinking.

I'm hardly disinterested totally in my appearance

There is no bore we dread being left alone with so much as our own minds.

The recycling of resource by the aggregate behavior of a diverse array of agents is much more than the sum of the individual actions.

I'm really more of a jeans and T-shirt kind of a girl.

As long as we live there is never enough singing.

Be wise, because the world needs more wisdom. And if you cannot be wise, pretend to be someone who is wise, and then just behave like they would.

All history, of course, is the history of wars.