My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings.

I have never known courage to be judged by the length of a man's hair. Or, for the matter of that, whether he has any hair at all.

Behind one truth there is always yet another.

A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.

Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before.

Paradoxically, in fantasy for young people I was able to express my own deepest feelings and attitudes more than I had ever done in writing for adults.

He was a great poet" They lamented. No, he was not a great poet," said Theo, "He was a good poet, he could have been better. That's the real loss don't you see?