Nothing is more frightening than a fear you cannot name.

Every German child learns to speak English in school.

He wants to be grown-up. How different dreams can be! Nature will soon grant your wish.

She wanted to return to her dream. Perhaps it was still somewhere there behind her closed eyelids. Perhaps a little of its happiness still clung like gold dust to her lashes. Don't dreams in fairy tales sometimes leave a token behind?

She is a real bookworm. I think she lives on print. Her whole house is full of books - looks as if she likes them better than human company.

I'm perfectly happy to know the world at secondhand. It's a lot safer.

Meggie Folchart: Having writer's block? Maybe I can help. Fenoglio: Oh yes, that's right. You want to be a writer, don't you? Meggie Folchart: You say that as if it's a bad thing. Fenoglio: Oh no, it's just a lonely thing. Sometimes the world you create on the page seems more friendly and alive than the world you actually live in.