love an invisible force that makes you realize that reality is better than fantasy.

Imagination is the golden-eyed monster that never sleeps. It must be fed

The romance of travel wasn't always terribly evident to those who were actually experiencing it.

Theologians may quarrel, but the mystics of the world speak the same language.

I think the novel is the American form because people read it in private, and the only valuable things that happen in America happen in private life, because public life is a dead loss.

I just love seeing people embrace freedom, faith, and courage in the face of enormous odds.

The authority of a belief imposed by religion surely destroys the discovery of reality.One relies on authority because one is afraid to stand alone.

The ridiculousness and idiocy of life is embraced and examined. It nurtures the childhood perspective in everyone.

The primary wisdom is intuition.

I count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported my learning.

Weeping must not hinder worship.