No matter what happens, there is always the business of the world to attend to.

I handed the test in five minutes before the end of the day. Mrs. Baker took it calmly, then reached into her bottom drawer for an enormous red pen with a wide felt tip. "Stand here and we'll see how you've done," she said, which is sort of like a dentist handing you a mirror and saying, "Sit here and watch while I drill a hole in your tooth.

Vengeance is sweet. Vengeance taken when the vengee isn't sure who the venger is, is sweeter still.

I think he became a man who brought peace and wisdom to hi world, because he knew about war and folly. I think that he loved greatly, because he had seen what lost love is. And I think he came to know, too, that he was loved greatly." She looked at the strawberry in her hands. "But I thought you didn't want me to tell you your future.

Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches.

There's no pleasure in getting to be an old coot unless you have some fun along the way.

You know how that feels?