Everything, as you well know . . . cannot always be sweetness and light.

When you are a king, you may make as many ridiculous laws as you like. That is what being a king is all about.

What was it like...to have someone who knew you would always return and who welcomed you with open arms?

All of God's creatures have names, every last one of them. Of that I am sure: of that I have no doubt at all.

But, reader, there is no comfort in the word "farewell," even if you say it in French. "Farewell" is a word that,in any language, is full of sorrow. It is a word that promises absolutely nothing.

I'm just doing what I've done my whole life, which is talking to people about books and making them read. It's what I do in my friendships. "Here, you have to read this, you have to read this."

What's my weirdest adventure? Yikes, there've been so very many. Perhaps the pig+vegetable+Taiwanese-army-guys boat ride to the island off the coast of Taiwan qualifies as the weirdest. Or at least the most seasick.