But boys will be boys, even the ones who are only girls dressed up: That's one of the rules of the world.

Sometimes, on our way through the world, we meet someone who touches our heart in a way others don't.

An Engineer is no match for a Historian with his dander up!

Is it...dead?" asked Tom, his voice all quivery with fright. "A town just ran over him," said Hester. "I shouldn't think he's very well.

Fever jumped aside just in time to dodge the shower of urine, and stumbled into the path of a religious procession - celebrants in robes and pointed hats whirling and clapping and chanting the name of some old-world prophet, 'Hari, Hari! Hari Potter!'

The one thing worse than an enemy is a friend turned false.

I still feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the best way to experience a story.