"Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart."

"Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear."

"God wants a child's heart and a grownup's head."

"Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else."

"I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once."

"The fact that our heart yearns for something Earth can't supply is proof that Heaven must be our home."