If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them.

Only the sinner has the right to preach.

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.

Animal crackers, and cocoa to drink That is the finest of suppers, I think When I'm grown up and can have what I please, I think I shall always insist upon these.

From now until the end of time no one else will ever see life with my eyes, and I mean to make the best of my chance.

Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not really interested in order to get where you're going.

When you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book.