You going to be a scientist when you grow up?” That sort of question deserved a blank stare, which it got.

Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some people went there, but I never would.

When you choose one way out of many, all the ways you don't take are snuffed out like candles, as if they'd never existed.

We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of #‎ libraries it opens, not the number it closes down.

Being a practiced liar doesn't mean you have a powerful imagination. Many good liars have no imagination at all; it's that which gives their lies such wide-eyed conviction.

For every once upon a time there must be a story to follow, because if a story doesn't, something else will, and it might not be as harmless as a story.

Maybe sometimes we don't do the right thing because the wrong thing looks more dangerous, and we don't want to look scared, so we go and do the wrong thing just because it's dangerous. We're more concerned with not looking scared than with judging right.