Probably in a parallel universe not far from here, I'm working for Nintendo.

Time is what stops history happening at once; time is the speed at which the past disappears.

All revolutions are the sheerest fantasy until they happen; then they become historical inevitabilities.

Writing is probably one-fifth coming up with the stuff, and four-fifths self-editing again and again and again.

Do," said Louisa finally, "whatever you can't not do.

She has to lose her pre-Copernican view of a universe revolving around herself.

'Y' is about the weakest letter of all. 'Y' can't make up its mind if it's a vowel or a consonant, can it?