Like Nietzsche, I believe that without music, life would be a mistake. Nothing but silence says it better.
I always say, 'Books beat boredom,' said Amanda wisely.
If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.
The difference between children and adults is that they're shorter - not dumber.
All of the life-changing awesome words and pictures and ideas inside your library are useless without just one word outside your library: Open.
When you make a decision, you don't have to be locked into it. One of the ways that you grow is by starting over.
A book, being a physical object, engenders a certain respect that zipping electrons cannot. Because you cannot turn a book off, because you have to hold it in your hands, because a book sits there, waiting for you, whether you think you want it or not, because of all these things, a book is a friend. It’s not just the content, but the physical being of a book that is there for you always and unconditionally.
Recognize that both men and women might be more comfortable opening up to a woman than a man. Use that to your advantage.
National identity is the last bastion of the dispossessed. But the meaning of identity is now based on hatred, on hatred for those who are not the same.
When I climb a fourteener, a 14,000-foot4,260-meter peak, in the winter by myself, I leave an itinerary and information about where my vehicle will be parked and the name of the county sheriff to contact in case I don't get home.
Man's true end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him for ever.