You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

You can take my heart, but I can't let you take my dog.

Don't try to follow in my footsteps. Make your own footsteps! No one else can tell the stories that are inside of you except for you.

Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation's sovereignty.

I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people arent, and as a child, I really liked it.

Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.

Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.

[On men:] ... you never know what they're like until you get them home and take them out of their packages.

As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.

Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity.

People just make stupid mistakes. And they keep making them and keep making them, and suddenly they can't dig themselves out.

A big desire is not enough to meet the expectations of lost dreams.

To craftsmanship we shall add statesmanship in the capitol of peace.

If on a friend’s bookshelf You cannot find Joyce or Sterne Cervantes, Rabelais, or Burton, You are in danger, face the fact, So kick him first or punch him hard And from him hide behind a curtain.

Italian football is great but for me, for the style of player I am, I found it too tactical, too slow.

I'm the only Red in our family! You know my father, my brother, my brother-in-law, my 14-year-old niece and two of my uncles are all City season ticket holders. So I'm gonna say 5-0 to United!

To think profoundly, to seek and speak truth, to love justice and denounce wrong is to draw upon one's self the ill will of many.

Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.

If you want my views of history, there's something you should know. The three men I admire the most are Curly, Larry, and Mo.

Who knew an elf queen could be so vicious!

Debts are a heavy burden. Throw them off, and you walk free.