We are a nation of children letting horrible things happen, and flunking Calc.

The idea that the curtain rises on what is often more or less a happy scene, and it will fall just a few hours later, and everyone will be dead or have gone mad... I find that kind of narrative very appealing.

Even though there are no ways of knowing for sure, there are ways of knowing for pretty sure.

With a library it is easier to hope for serendipity than to look for a precise answer.

I want to love you and take you pretty places. Yes, I have things wrong, but also I can walk through walls if you'll let me show you.

I was too jitterbuggy happy to sleep, and the whole day kept playing in my brain's little screening room.

I know what is going on," said Sir. "I am the Boss! Of course I know!