“Stories Jane, are magic and magic will always carry you to wonderful places, even at the worst of times.”

“I do not believe in writing down to children but rather up to their intelligence.”

“Why is it that many Christians are cold? Because they are all the time receiving, never giving out anything.”

“The best way to show that a stick is crooked is not to argue about it or to spend time denouncing it, but to lay a straight stick alongside it”

“Can we account for instinct?' said Monte Cristo. 'Are there not some places where we seem to breathe sadness? — why, we cannot tell. It is a chain of recollections — an idea which carries you back to other times, to other places — which, very likely, have no connection with the present time and place.”

“What you see depends on where you stand.”

“If you can't see His way past the tears, trust His heart.”