Truly, Autumn is my season,” the scarlet beast chorted. “Spring and Summer and Winter all begin with such late letters! But Autumn and Fall, I have loved best, because they are best to love.

In his own country, Death can be kind.

You and I, being grown-up and having lost our hearts at least twice or thrice along the way, might shut our eyes and cry out: Not that way, child! But as we have said, September was Somewhat Heartless, and felt herself reasonably safe on that road. Children always do.

Temperament, you'll find, is highly dependent on time of day, weather, frequency of naps, and whether one has had enough to eat.

Humanity lived many years and ruled the earth, sometimes wisely, sometimes well, but mostly neither.

Monsters almost always are culture's way of working out their fears.

A book is a door, you know. Always and forever. A book is a door into another place and another heart and another world.