“Respect is a kind of magic too, you know.”

“Respect is a really powerful magic too, you know.”

“Writing stories is a kind of magic, too.”

“As Mo had said: writing stories is a kind of magic, too.”

“There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you — of kindness and consideration and respect — not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.John Steinbeck in Steinbeck: A Life in Letters”

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”