“The grasses toss and shimmy. The horses nicker. Madame Manec says, almost whispering, Now that I think about it, child, I expect heaven is a lot like this.”

I’ve learned so much from my mistakes, I’m thinking of making some more.

I think I am therefore I might be.

A thankful heart is a happy heart.

Renounce and enjoy!

Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money.

To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see.

Hear twice before you speak once.

You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are – no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought.

Ignorance is a fools castle.

Next time you think of beautiful things, don’t forget to count yourself in.

The magic on you is only magic and will vanish as soon as you are free, but the enchantment of error that you put on me I must wear forever in your eyes. We are not always what we seem, and hardly ever what we dream.

The whole day was like that. I wish I could do it justice as I’m writing about it. I feel like I could use all of the words that I have in my head times each and never be able to tell exactly what it was like.

Poetry doesn’t have to rhyme, it just has to touch someone where your hands couldn’t.

Love, hate, what’s the difference?

Focus is more important than intelligence.

She needed a hero, so that’s what she became.