Someone who eats pancakes and jam can't be so awfully dangerous. You can talk to him.

A theatre is the most important sort of house in the world, because that's where people are shown what they could be if they wanted, and what they'd like to be if they dared to and what they really are

...now and then a giggling trail of mermaids appeared in our wake. We fed them oatmeal.

Most of the people are homesick anyway, and a little lonely, and they hide themselves in their hair and are turned into flowers.

All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured.

Gathering is peculiar, because you see nothing but what you're looking for. If you're picking raspberries, you see only what's red, and if you're looking for bones you see only the white. No matter where you go, the only thing you see is bones.

One can't be too dangerous, if they like to eat pancakes. Especially with jam on it.