“I wanted to learn more of love- that is built not on the shifting sands of violent passion but on the steady rock of deep and abiding affection.”

“Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.”

“Ha! Rollo!”

“Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautiful person in the world.”

“We who believe that children want to learn about the world, are good at it, and can be trusted to do it with very little adult coercion or interference, are probably no more than one percent of the population, if that. And we are not likely to become the majority in my lifetime. This doesn't trouble me much anymore, as long as this minority keeps on growing. My work is to help it grow. ”

“I love her more than my life. What were you thinking, harming her? Didn't you understand that I'd have to kill you for it?”

“If I had to make a general rule for living and working with children, it might be this: be wary of saying or doing anything to a child that you would not do to another adult, whose good opinion and affection you valued.”