Men rush toward complexity; but yearn for simplicity.

[Fairy tales] make rivers run with wine only to make us remember, for one wild moment, that they run with water.

The objection to fairy stories is that they tell children there are dragons. But children have always known there are dragons. Fairy stories tell children that dragons can be killed.

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

My life is passed in making bad jokes and seeing them turn into true prophecies.

If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.

I will go forth as a real outlaw," he said, "and as men do robbery on the highway I will do right on the highway; and it will be counted a wilder crime.