I always like to see enlightened parents like that; it gives me hope for the future.

And I believe happiness is the exact opposite of sadness, bitterness, and hatred: happiness should remain unexamined as long as possible.

You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or despair ... Come to it any way but lightly.

No one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves.

The man in black smiled. "Shall we tell the truth then, you and I? No more lies?" I thought we had been." But the man in black persisted as if Roland hadn't spoken. "Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as equals? There is an offer you will get rarely, Roland. Only equals speak the truth, that's my thought on't. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of regard. How tiresome!

Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.

There are really very few economies of scale in centralising or standardising advertising.