If you haven't been in a war and are wondering how long it takes to get used to losing everything you think you need or love, I can tell you the answer is no time at all.

The imagination can be dangerous. It can change the world. And that is why we write.

She frowned at him. 'You are in love with solitude.' 'Is there a better cure for the world than solitude?

A piano might fall on your head, he said, but it also might not. And in the meantime you never know. Something nice might happen.

The average attention span of the modern human being is about half as long as whatever youre trying to tell them.

If you haven't been in a war and are wondering how long it takes to get used to losing everything you think you need or love, I can tell you the answer is no time at all.

This was what happiness felt like - this wondrous, miraculous alternative to dread.