“Libraries are full of ghosts, books being the most haunted things of all.”

“The mirror had no power. The mirror was just a piece of silvered glass; the enchantment was all in me.”

“Sometimes forgiveness is thehardest thing to give, but the most cherished thing to receive.”

“The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library”

“Be present in all things and thankful for all things.”

“I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.”

“To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision. Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity. It becomes easier to die and avoid conflict than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity.”