And among academicians, and among spirits. I found folly everywhere, but there were grains of wisdom in every stream of it. No doubt there was much more wisdom that I failed to recognize. Life is hard, Mr. Scoresby, but we cling to it all the same.

All things from the north are devilish.

There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book.

Seems to me-" Lee said, feeling for the words, "seems to me the place you fight cruelty is where you find it, and the place you give help is where you see it needed.

I don't know where my ideas come from, but I know where they come to. They come to my desk, and if I'm not there, they go away again.

You speak of destiny as if it was fixed.

A professional writer is someone who writes just as well when they're not inspired as when they are.