Eddie discovered one of his childhood's great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought.

I guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to see some funny houses.

I think that friendship always makes us feel such sweet gratitude, because the world almost always seems like a very hard desert, and the flowers that grow there seem to grow against such high odds.

As for the end of the universe…I say let it come as it will, in ice, fire, or darkness. What did the universe ever do for me that I should mind its welfare?

It's a hard life if you don't weaken.

A library is a place where you can live a thousand lives. So why are you waiting when you could be living? Visit your library today.

Only God gets things right the first time.