“. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.”
“In teaching me independence of thought, they had given me the greatest gift an adult can give to a child besides love, and they had given me that also.”
“The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.”
“I think reading is a gift. It was a gift that was given to me as a child by many people, and now as an adult and a writer, I'm trying to give a little of it back to others. It's one of the greatest pleasures I know.”
“The greatest gift we can give to another person is our love.”
“If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence”