A long time ago, there was no such thing as school, and children spent their days learning a trade, a phrase which here means "standing around doing tedious tasks under the instruction of a bossy adult." In time, however, people realized that the children could be allowed to sit, and the first school was invented.

Those unable to catalog the past are doomed to repeat it.

All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books, you could solve any problem, but now he wasn't so sure.

who would dare think that, forever? Some idiot girl who wouldn’t know how things played out.

There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.

If you have ever had a miserable experience, then you have probably had it said to you that you would feel better in the morning. This, of course, is utter nonsense, because a miserable experience remains a miserable experience even on the loveliest of morning.

Your initial opinion on just about anything may change over time.