“Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.”

“Things didn't turn out the way they're supposed to, but what can you do? You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.”

“Words are cold, muddy toads trying to understand sprites dancing in a field-but they're all we have.”

“There are animals we haven't stopped by. Don't think they're harmless. Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.”

“Can there be any happiness greater than the happiness of salvation?”

“People move because of the wear and tear of anxiety. Because of the gnawing feeling that no matter how hard they work their efforts will yield nothing, that what they build up in one year will be torn down in one day by others. Because of the impression that the future is blocked up, that *they* might do all right but not their children. Because of the feeling that nothing will change, that happiness and prosperity are possible only somewhere else.”

“We believe what we see.So did Columbus. What do you do when you're in the dark?”