The main thing to do is pay attention. Pay close attention to everything, notice what no one else notices. Then you'll know what no one else knows, and that's always useful.

You know, son, I don't think there's such a thing as an easy life. There's always going to be hard work and there will always be misfortunes we can't control, lurking out at the edges - storms, sickness, wolves. But there is such a thing as a good life and I think that we have one here.

He says I'm beautiful as a red tomato

It would be something that another person had written down without understanding its significance; just a sentence or two that would be like a flash of light.

Lina loved her little sister so much that it was like an ache under her ribs.

What you need to learn, children, is the difference between right and wrong in every area of life. And once you learn the difference, you must always choose the right.

Why, if its going to be allright, do we see it getting worse every day?