In the 1970s and 1980s there was so little decent fiction for young people, but we're now in a golden age that shows no sign of fading. Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, Lemony Snicket are only three of the best known among a good number of equals.

Lying's wrong, but when the world spins backwards, a small wrong may be a big right.

Women, O, women! They'll find the baddest meanin' in your words & hold it up.

She was widely read enough to appreciate my literary wit but not so widely read that she knew my sources. I like that in a woman.

If swans weren't real myths'd make up.

Human beings need to watch out for reasonless niceness too. It's never reasonless and its reason's not usually nice.

What is any ocean but a multitude of drops?