I am reading The Lord of the Rings. I suddenly wanted to. I almost know it by heart, but I can still sink right into it. I know no other book that is so much like going on a journey. When I put it down to this, I feel as if I am also waiting with Pippin for the echoes of that stone down the well.

I do not miss my toys. I wouldn't play with them anyway. I am fifteen. I miss my childhood.

If the purpose of literature is to illuminate human nature, the purpose of fantastic literature is to do that from a wider perspective. You can say different things about what it means to be human if you can contrast that to what it means to be a robot, or an alien, or an elf.

It's wrong for libraries to have limited budgets.

There's a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they're absolutely free. Don't miss so many of them.

There are some awful things in the world, it's true, but there are also some great books.

It's amazing how large the things are that it's possible to overlook.