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

The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me?

No book ever ends, when it's full of your friends.

If the Good Lord intended for us to walk, he wouldn't have invented rollar skates.

He turned and reached behind him for the chocolate bar, then he turned back again and handed it to Charlie. Charlie grabbed it and quickly tore off the wrapper and took an enormous bite. Then he took another…and another…and oh, the joy of being able to cram large pieces of something sweet and solid into one's mouth! The sheer blissful joy of being able to fill one's mouth with rich solid food! 'You look like you wanted that one, sonny,' the shopkeeper said pleasantly. Charlie nodded, his mouth bulging with chocolate.

A Message to Children Who Have Read This Book - When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY.

Of course not. You can't have a family hanging over you like a bunch of old dead goats. No offense.