It has occasionally been remarked upon that it is as easy to overlook something large and obvious as it is to overlook something small and niggling, and that the large things one overlooks often cause problems.

There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.

I was kidnapped by aliens, they came down from outer space with ray guns, but I fooled them by wearing a wig and laughing in a foreign accent, and I escaped.

Nobody will ever hurt her. She’ll just smile her faint vague wonderful smile and walk away.

Often you will discover that the harder you work, and the more wisely you work, the luckier you get. But there is luck, and it helps.

I knew enough about adults to know that if did tell them what had happened, I would not be believed. Adults rarely seemed to believe me when I told the truth anyway.

And sometimes when you fall... you fly...