Well not exactly," the father said."Nobody could do that. but it didn't take me long.

There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you'll be free if you truly wish to be.

Hooray!" said the Chief of the Army. "Let's blow everyone up! Bang-bang! Bang-bang!

I am totally convinced that most grown-ups have completely forgotten what is it like to be a child between the ages of five and then... I can remember exactly what it was like. I am certain I can.

I never get any protests from children. All you get are giggles of mirth and squirms of delight. I know what children like.

The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the night when every child and every grown-up was in a deep deep sleep, and all the dark things came out from hiding and had the world all to themselves.

I'm right and you're wrong, I'm big and you're small, and there's nothing you can do about it.