But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
A city without books, a city without a library is like a graveyard.
Why is it, that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard?
Fifty seven million children across the world don't want an iPhone, Xbox or chocolates. They want a book and pen.
They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed.
I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there is a gun in my hand and he stands in front of me. I would not shoot him. This is the compassion that I have learnt from Muhammad- the Prophet of mercy, Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha. This is the legacy of change that I have inherited from Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. This is the philosophy of non-violence that I have learnt from Gandhi Gi, Bacha Khan and Mother Teresa. And this is the forgiveness that I have learnt from my mother and father. This is what my soul is telling me, be peaceful and love everyone.
I thought that words and books and pens were more powerful than guns.
My darling, you are indisposed! You must remain abed for the next eight months. Little Buford - " "I am NOT naming our child Buford.
The spirit of Columbus hovers over us to-day.
I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life.
Whatever white people do not know about Negroes reveals, precisely and inexorably, what they do not know about themselves.