...that in spite of living in a mansion an American is not above wearing a pair of secondhand pants, bought for fifty cents.

Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it.

Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people.

That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.

My grandfather says that's what books are for, " Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. "To travel without moving an inch.

It's easier to surrender to confinement.

Just your being here justifies that what I feel for you is strong enough to endure anything.

When my husband Jonas and I started Auntie Annes in 1988, we never expected or anticipated building an international pretzel franchise. It was the farthest thing from our minds.

Who would have thought my shrivel'd heart could have recovered greenness?

The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself.

The King can do no wrong; he cannot constitutionally be supposed capable of injustice.

I've always written at night - my working day for years was around 9pm to 2am - though I do keep more regular hours these days.

I’m a child of the universe, I have lived in almost all continents.

No more crying. It's all wetness and no comfort at all.

The Senkaku islands are inherently Japanese territory. I want to show my strong determination to prevent this from changing.

By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.