Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway of life itself.

The transformation of the heart is a wondrous thing, no matter how you land there.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

There will always be someone who can't see your worth. Don't let it be you.

Find the thing you do well and do it again and again for the rest of your life.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.