The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.

If I were to say, "Yes, I am a fascinating, erudite person," what would that say about me? I don't know.

No reality has the power to dispel a dream.

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.

If you wish to avoid an unpleasant story you had best put this book down

I go to bed early and rise late and feel as if I have hardly slept, probably because I have been reading almost the entire time.

Sometimes words are not enough. There are some circumstances so utterly wretched that I cannot describe them in sentences or paragraphs or even a whole series of books.