He thought about how it might be to be, say, a fox confronted with an angry sheep. A sheep moreover, that could afford to employ wolves.

Polly felt questing eyes boring into her. She was embarrassed, of course. But not for the obvious reason. It was for the other one, the little lesson that life sometimes rams home with a stick: you are not the only one watching the world. Other people are people; while you watch them they watch you, and they think about you while you think about them. The world isn’t just about you.

He stared at his feet. “I’m still very ignorant,” he said, “but at least I’m ignorant about really important things.

The power of prayer and faith can heal and bring happiness. The real tragedy is that the people that are helped by this don't realize that this power is really coming from within.

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

Corporal Nobbs had been disqualified from the human race for shoving

One person is nothing. Two people are a nation.