"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it."
"All great achievements require time."
"Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin - find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less."
"Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time."
"Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him."
"In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.In all the world, there is no love for you like mine."