He paused again as a tear of longing rolled from cheek to lip with the sweet-salty taste of an old memory.

One of the problems you have when you read with kids is that once they like something they want you to read it a hundred times.

Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going. Of course, some people never go beyond Expectations, but my job is to hurry them along whether they like it or not.

Things which are equally bad are also equally good. Try to look at the bright side of things. - Humbug

Would it be possible for me to see something from up there?" asked Milo politely. "You could," said Alec, "but only if you try very hard to look at things as an adult does." Milo tried as hard as he could, and, as he did, his feet floated slowly off the ground until he was standing in the air next to Alex Bings. He looked around very quickly and, an instant later, crashed back down to the earth again. "Interesting, wasn't it?" asked Alex. "Yes, it was," agreed Milo, rubbing his head and dusting himself off, "but I think I'll continue to see things as a child. It's not so far to fall.

Perhaps someday you can have one city as easy to see as Illusions and as hard to forget as Reality.

Just as I thought: boys are the cause of everything.