The world is full of magical places, and the library has always been one of them for me. A library can be that special place for our children.

A rose lay open in full bloomand, looking from my garden room,I watched the sun-baked flower fill with rain.It seemed so fragile,resting there,and such a silence filled the air,the beauty of the moment caused me...

Once in a while I experience an emotion onstage that is so gut-wrenching, so heart-stopping, that I could weep with gratitude and joy. The feeling catches and magnifies so rapidly that it threatens to engulf...

Have you noticed how nobody ever looks up? Nobody looks at chimneys, or trees against the sky, or the tops of buildings. Everybody just looks down at the pavement or their shoes. The whole world...

If you remain calm in the midst of great chaos, it is the surest guarantee that it will eventually subside.

There will be many times in your lives— at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up—when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome...

Don’t you sometimes feel bewildered when you think of the millions of things that put life together?’ … ‘I;m not bewildered. I’m filled with the deepest awe and wonder. The miracle is that in its...

That night she dreamed of the deer. Strangely, the animal was holding her. She cuddled close into the soft fur and touched and kissed it gently. In the morning her pillow was wet with tears.

Whatever man imagines is possible

There is only one possible road you can take,’ he said, ‘and that is t go by way of your imagination.

Sometimes oppurtunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.