"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."
"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."
"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."
"Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age."
"All great achievements require time."
"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."