God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.

Oh child, your language is so utterly simple and limited that it has the affect of extreme complication. -Aunt Beast

Compassion is nothing one feels with the intellect alone. Compassion is particular; it is never general.

When I am grappling with ideas which are radical enough to upset grown-ups, then I am likely to put these ideas into a story which will be marketed for children, because children understand what their parents have rejected and forgotten.

If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I will write it in a book for children.

In my dreams, I never have an age.

The only way to cope with something deadly serious is to try to treat it a little lightly.