anything that stretches the mind is a help to the potential author.

Meg, when people don't know who they are, they are open either to being Xed, or Named

And there's no getting around the fact that all life lives at the expense of another life.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Dare I? Of course I don't. But I'm going to anyhow because I have no choice.

you've got to learn to walk through a pigpen and not get dirty.

Reading is a creative activity. You have to visualize the characters, you have to hear what the voices sound like.