There are people in this world who can wear whale masks and people who cannot, and the wise know to which group they belong.

There's no point in saving the world if it means losing the moon.

If little else, the brain is an educational toy.

There are essential and inessential insanities. The later are solar in character, the former are linked to the moon.

The beet is the most intense of vegetables

Faites de beaux rêves, monsieur," she called as she put out the light. Switters had always loved that expression, "Make fine dreams." In contrast to the English, "Have sweet dreams," the French implied that the sleeper was not a passive spectator, a captive audience, but had some control over and must accept some responsiblity for his or her dreaming. Moreover, a "fine" dream had much wider connotations than a "sweet" one.

We all dream profusely every night, yet by morning we've forgotten ninety percent of what went on. That's why poets are such important members of society. Poets remember our dreams for us.