In general, of course, a stranger who tries to get you into an automobile is anything but noble, and in general a person who quotes great American novelists is anything but treacherous, and in general a man who says you needn't worry about money, or a man who smokes cigarettes, is somewhere in between.

Knowing that something is wrong and doing it anyway happens very often in life, and I doubt I will ever know why.

the mind has a thousand eyes, and the heart has one:yet the light of a whole life dies when love is done.

You might find it difficult to see anything but your own sadness, the way smoke can cover a landscape so that all anyone can see is black. You may find that if someone pours water all over you, you are damp and distracted, but not cured of your sadness, the way a fire department can douse a fire but never recover what has been burnt down.

I think pirates, like astronauts, particularly for a boy, are always kind of worth thinking about.

Beef. Yes. Roast beef. It's the Swedish term for beef that is roasted.

This is my knife. It is very sharp and very eager to hurt you.