When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe..

A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming..

I wish that we worried more about asking the right questions instead of being so hung up on finding answers..

But my memories are like a fire in winter—whenever I'm cold I can warm my hands at them. —Ditta.

To write for children at all is an act of faith..

In reading we must become creators..

To refuse to respond is in itself a response..

I believe that consistently we need to look for good, and not for evil, that when we look for evil we call up evil, while heaven comes closer when we….

If our love for each other really is participatory, then all other human relationships nourish it; it is inclusive, never exclusive..

One cannot be humble and aware of oneself at the same time..

Itt iss Eevill…" "What is going to happen?" "Wee wwill cconnttinnue tto ffightt!"… "And we’re not alone, you know, children," came Mrs.Whatsit, the c….

The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. What we lack is not a will to believe but a wi….

Their love was a bright flower, youthful and radiantly beautiful..

Life is not easy and comfortable, with nothing ever going wrong as long as you buy the right product. It's not true that if you have the right insura….

What is self-image? Who started talking about one? I rather fancy it was Madison Avenue..

Nothing, no one, is too small to matter. What you do is going to make a difference..

To be alive is to be vulnerable..

No long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought my love would never recover..

Sometimes idiosyncrasies which used to be irritating become endearing, part of the complexity of a partner who has become woven deep into our own sel….

Infinity is present in each part. A loving smile contains all art. The motes of starlight spark and dart. A grain of sand holds power and might..

A truly great work of art breaks beyond the bounds of the period and culture in which it is created, so final judgement on a current book has to be d….