Sometimes I find the best way of getting from one place to another is simply to erase everything and begin again.

Do you think it will rain? Milo: But I thought you were the Weather Man? No, I'm the Whether man, for it is more important to know whether there will be weather, whether than what the weather will be.

Is everyone who lives in Ignorance like you?" asked Milo. "Much worse," he said longingly. "But I don't live here. I'm from a place very far away called Context.

You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden character or essence of whatever we want to describe, and through the use of fancy, association, contrast, extension, or imagination, to enlarge our understanding or perception of human experience and observation.

I think kids slowly begin to realize that what they're learning relates to other things they know. Then learning starts to get more and more exciting

...it's not just learning that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters.

The only other thing which I think is important is: Don't write a book or start a book with the expectation of communicating a message in a very important way.