She looked at the boy. He knew her weakness for storytelling. And it was, after all, only a story. Still, she wished he had chosen a happier one.

But we don’t think too well when we want too much.

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

Courage is heartworth making itself felt in deeds. It never waits for chances it makes chances.

The thing is that racism is systematic, so of course it sometimes manifested itself within the clubs. But I have certainly experienced racism outside of the clubs as well.

What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best - which I believed then and believe now is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that, success found me.

A love of learning has a lot to do with learning that we are loved.

I was brought up to believe that what is out-of-doors should stay there and not be encouraged in any way.

With his nightcaps and the tatters of his dressing-gown he patches up the gaps in the structure of the universe.

Each beat of your heart is a small miracle, you know, so don't get carried away.

I never give any character I play less respect than I give my own life.

We can only be what we give ourselves the power to be.