Thought is a disease of the brain. The mind defends itself against the degenerative process of creativity; it begins to jell; notions solidify into inalterable systems.

All children... feel a demonic sympathy with those things that cause disorder in the grown-up world.

So, without saying anything to the others, it made its way to the farthest corner of the meadow and began to toast an imaginary muffin. That was always the best way to unwind when things got to be too much for it.

Sometimes the whole world is mud luscious and puddle wonderful

Gene Wolfe has produced a work of art that can satisfy adult appetites and in which even the most fantastical elements register as poetry rather than as penny-whistle whimsy.

Genius is an infinite capacity for pain.

Science Fiction is a branch of children's literature.