Books Are The Most Tolerant Of Friends.

Iwas Not A Reader At All, Not Until I Discovered 'the Hobbit.' That Changed My Life. It Gave Me The Courage To Read. It Led Me To The 'lord Of The Rings' Series. And Once I'd Read That, I Knew I Could Read Anything Because I Had Just Read Thousands Of Pages.

Sometimes Our Arms Are So Full With The Burdens We Carry That It Hinders Our View Of The Load Those Around Us Are Staggering Beneath.

There Are People I've Yet To Meet Who Are Waiting For My Path To Intersect With Theirs, So They Can Complete Their Own Journeys. I Don't Know Who Or Where They Are, But I Know For Certain That They Are Waiting.

In The Beginning, I Had Considered These Stops On My Journey As Interruptions - But I'm Coming To Understand That Perhaps These Detours Are My Journey.

Sometimes Its Not The Strength But Gentleness That Cracks The Hardest Shells.