Mary Ellen Chase

“There is no substitute for the right word.”

“Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.”

“The best of all possessions is a quiet mind.”

“In order to create, there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?”

“There are no new plots, but there are always new people.”

“To be able to dispense with good things is tantamount to possessing them.”

“Imagination is the only key to the future. Without it none exists - with it all things are possible.”

“Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.”

“The power of language, when it is right, is so great that it can bless one's life, or curse it.”

“A finished book is a dead child.”

“True education is a kind of never-ending story.”