“Dream big, because really... what's stopping you? Envision the end result and then reach out and get it!”

“If it is beyond your understanding, it probably makes perfect sense.”

“He was grotesque, really. But joy radiated from his homespuns when you walked beside him. It welled out; it enveloped you.”

“He wouldn't write a letter because he couldn't without beginning it 'Dear Sylvia' and ending it 'Yours sincerely' or 'truly' or 'affectionately.' He's that sort of precise imbecile. I tell you he's so formal he can't do without all the conventions there are and so truthful he can't use half of them.”

“Wisdom means to choose now what will make sense later. I am learning everyday to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be, to inspire me and not terrify me.”

“The war had made a man of him! It had coarsened him and hardened him. There was no other way to look at it. It had made him reach a point at which he would no longer stand unbearable things.”

“Your life doesn't mean what you have or what you get. It's what you're willing to give up.”