"The biggest difference between England and America is that England has history, while America has geography."

"The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't have that."

"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten."

"A library is a place that is a repository of information and gives every citizen equal access to it. That includes health information. And mental health information. It's a community space. It's a place of safety, a haven from the world."

"There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty."

"Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul."

"There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness."

"To love truly means recognizing that authenticity is the rarest and most beautiful asset."