Schooling, instead of encouraging the asking of questions, too often discourages it.

When a bride insists on telling her lover everything, I suspect she is looking for a father, not a husband.

We do learn and develop when we are exposed to those who are greater than we are. Perhaps this is the chief way we mature.

if a book is not good enough for a grownup, it is not good enough for a child.

Itt iss Eevill…" "What is going to happen?" "Wee wwill cconnttinnue tto ffightt!"… "And we’re not alone, you know, children," came Mrs.Whatsit, the comforter. "…some of the best fighters have come from your own planet…" "Who have our fighters been?" Calvin asked. "Oh, you must know them, dear," Mrs.Whatsit said. Mrs.Who’s spectacles shone out at them triumphantly. "And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

But grief still has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my feet. Sometimes there is an enormous breaker that knocks me down. Sometimes there is a sudden and fierce squall. But I know that many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it.

An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy.