I may not know how to fly but I know how to read, and that's almost the same thing.

Small steps to the madhouse still get us there at last

Of course. You get everything from books.

I never use the words HUMANIST or HUMANITARIAN, as it seems to me that to be human is to be capable of the most heinous crimes in nature.

Well, the family always was bright, and brightness, as you know, decays brilliantly.

Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life.

She's sent the crows out to blind the guests coming for dinner!" What?" She's BLINDING THE GUESTS COMING FOR DINNER!" Well, that's one way to avoid having to dust, I suppose.