You have been my friend... And that in itself is a tremendous thing.

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.

Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They'll believe anything they see in print.

After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die.

It is deeply satisfying to win a prize in front of a lot of people.

Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend, ' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.

We take to the breeze, we go as we please.

Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart.

The night seemed long. Wilbur's stomach was empty and his mind was full. And when your stomach is empty and your mind is full, it's always hard to sleep.

I'm really too young to go out into the world alone, " he thought as he lay down

Find your bones. Believe in what you are.

If you allow your enemy to steal your faith, he can destroy your life and ultimately kill your relationship with God.

Give as few orders as possible, " his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.

We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.

Goldwater's approach to any political problem invariably derived from the evidence of his own eyes.

Despite my asbestos gloves, the cough is filling me with black, and a red powder seeps through my veins.

Josh Duhamel is somebody you can't take your eyes off of, and same with T.R. Knight. It's a car that you want to run up to 100 mph, right away.

Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.

My next book is on the Salem witch trials. As a small-town Massachusetts girl, this makes me very happy. So does the reunion with documents!

When I play live, it's a conversation that we're all having with the song, and the audience... their response and relationship with the songs is as valid as my relationship with the songs.