because we all know that the books we’ve loved best are seldom the ones we esteem the most highly

Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal.

Do the children who prefer books set in the real, ordinary, workaday world ever read as obsessively as those who would much rather be transported into other worlds entirely?

If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly turn up very high on the list.

The closer and more completely you can come to explaining what a work of art means, the less like art it seems.

Fire will burn any human body it touches, and starvation will waste it, but stories are not so predictable in their effects.

Here is little habit that can make a big difference. Send sunbeams. Intentionally send a word of encouragement or appreciation every day to one person.

Don't compete with your friends to win a date with few beautiful girls, but compete to win few beautiful goals.

I can't remember the last time I was bored.

My dream had always just been to do my work well, fall in love and build a life for myself.

Nature does not demand that we be perfect. It requires only that we grow.

The central fact of Hinduism is cow protection.

Each city has its own culinary landscape.

No one can tell if I’m laughing or weeping. I wonder myself.

Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really?... True effectiveness requires balance.

Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence.