But I do think that when people say 'a learning curve,' they make a mistake. Learning to me always seems to go in a straight, ignorant line and then, every so often, takes a jump straight upward.

One person ought to treat another person properly, even if the person's himself.

I am a believer in free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must be free to do so.

Oh! Polly thought. Why aren't all girls locked up by law the year they turn fifteen? They do such stupid things!

I've often noticed" Fiona said, "that when people say, 'This can't happen in this day and age', they say it because it is happening.

Controller Borasus sighed with relief. Libraries were not places of danger. It had to be a hoax.

He picked up the skull and knocked an onion ring out of its eye socket. "I see Sophie has been busy again. Couldn't you have restrained her, my friend?" The skull yattered its teeth at him. Howl put it down rather hastily.