There is very little you can beat into a child, but no limit to what you can hug out of it.

Give the children love, more love and still more love – and the common sense will come by itself.

Don't let them get you down. Be cheeky. And wild. And wonderful.

Everything great that ever happened in this world happened first in somebody’s imagination.

What the world of tomorrow will be like is greatly dependent on the power of imagination in those who are learning to read today.

A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.

I don't mind dying, I'll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first.

If I have brightened up one single sad childhood, then I have at least accomplished something in my life.

I don't want to write for adults. I want to write for readers who can perform miracles. Only children perform miracles when they read.

And so I write the way I myself would like the book to be – if I were a child. I write for the child within me.

Then she yelled after the girl, 'No, we haven't seen any bald 'uns all days. But yesterday seventeen of 'em went by. Arm in arm!

Choose to be happy. That is the only way to find happiness.

Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.

Dance madly as if all of life is meant for dancing and celebrating.

Let us now set forth one of the fundamental truths about marriage: the wife is in charge.

One is wise to cultivate the tree that bears fruit in our soul.

At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the paper currency is redeemable in gold only.

Socialism is just another form of religion, and thus delusional.

That love doesn’t come easily and that relationships are supposed to be a struggle. Everything else is so hard; hopefully love is the one thing that is actually fun.

I can't say I prefer blondes, brunettes, or redheads. I like emotion and elegance. Even expensive clothes do not guarantee a good look. You must be yourself above all!

The biggest nationalist in Russia: that's me.