I remembered that, and, remembering that, I remembered everything.

Do you know why I stopped being Delight, my brother? I do. There are things not in your book. There are paths outside this garden.

Small children believe themselves to be gods, or some of them do, and they can only be satisfied when the rest of the world goes along with their way of seeing things.

It's like you said the other day," said Adam. "You grow up readin' about pirates and cowboys and spacemen and stuff, and jus' when you think the world's full of amazin' things, they tell you it's really all dead whales and chopped-down forests and nucular waste hangin' about for millions of years. 'Snot worth growin' up for, if you ask my opinion.

Start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there'll always be better writers than you and there'll always be smarter writers than you. There will always be people who are much better at doing this or doing that - but you are the only you.

I remember making that vow, the one not to forget. Not to remember what happened, but to remember who I was and how I felt.

It’s part of growing up, I suppose…you always have to leave something behind you.