The only true animal is a cat, and the only true cat is a gray cat.

The ghosts of things that never happened are worse than the ghosts of things that did.

I can't cheer up — I don't want to cheer up. It's nicer to be miserable!

Whenever you looked forward to anything pleasant you were sure to be more or less disappointed . . . perhaps that is true. But there is a good side to it too. The bad things don't always come up to your expectations either . . . they nearly always turn out ever so much better than you think.

Plum puffs can't minister to a mind diseased or a world that's crumbling to pieces

Maples are such sociable trees ... They're always rustling and whispering to you.

You must pay the penalty of growing-up, Paul. You must leave fairyland behind you.