Be the master of your fate, be the captain of your soul, but do not hesitate, should the chance befall you, to be the slave of your heart.

You don't want to get to the end of life's journey and discover you never left the interstate.

To the student I would say, "Life is principally multiple choice, but at the end there's a tough essay question."

Sometimes, perhaps, we are allowed to get lost that we may find the right person to ask directions of.

Our destiny hides among our free choices, disguised as the free-est of all.

Dare to turn life on its end, and you may find that topsy-turvy is a truer perspective than turvy-topsy.

How do you achieve success? Well, for one thing, you don't define it before you achieve it.

God's in His heaven, alls right with the world', whispered Anne softly.

I don't know what lies around the bend, but I'm going to believe that the best does.

Nathan always believed his wife was trying to poison him but he didn't seem to mind. He said it made life kind of exciting.

I suppose that's how it looks in prose. But it's very different if you look at it through poetry…and I think it's nicer…' Anne recovered herself and her eyes shone and her cheeks flushed… 'to look at it through poetry.

If only she were a boy, speeding in khaki by Carol's side to the western front! She had wished that in a burst of romance when Jem had gone, without perhaps, meaning it. She meant it now. There were moments when waiting at home, in safety and comfort, seemed an unendurable thing.