I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.
Roast Beef, Medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy.
Time is not a line but a dimension, like the dimensions of space.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
In a cruel land, you either learned to laugh at cruelty or spent your life weeping.
Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.
Death is lighter than a feather, but Duty is heavier than a mountain.
You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long.
The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.
I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.