I’m also fascinated by the difference between terror and fear. Fear says, “Do not actually put your hand in the alligator,” while terror says, “Avoid Florida entirely because alligators exist.

The people who have the power want you scared. They want you walking around paralyzed by the notion that you could die at any moment.

Children's games are stronger than you remember once you've grown up and left them behind. They're always fair, and never kind.

Follow the rules whenever possible. That makes it a lot more surprising when you break them.

Hysteria takes too much energy to be maintained forever.

I just find it interesting that kids apparently used to cry when Bambi's mother died. George and I both held our breaths, and then cheered when she didn't reanimate and try to eat her son.

...even saying good-bye isn’t enough. There’s always one more thing you should have had the time to say, or do, or ask. There’s always going to be that one missing piece.