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A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old.

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.

Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.

Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.

As any parent, teacher, or librarian knows, there is no richer experience than to see children's faces light up at the suspense of a new tale or the surprise of a new poem. The uninhibited joy with which they listen is surely akin to that of adult audiences of old around campfire and hearth.

The older I get, the more my curiosity grows, and every book I write is a new exploration.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

My first generation of young readers now have not only children, but some of them have grandchildren to whom they're introducing their old passion.