“Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.”

“I'm sure that whatever changed is only temporary. It will change again.”

“You have two choices. you can keep running and hiding and blaming the world for your problems, or you can stand up for yourself and decide to be somebody important.”

“I'm a woman. I have a right to change my mind.”

“When they die no one will ever know that once they lived.”

“A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.”

“Surely you’ve been sent from the heavens to teach us mortals what beauty is.”