I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning.

Dragons are more dangerous, and a good deal commoner, than bears. Fantasy is nearer to poetry, to mysticism, and to insanity than naturalistic fiction is. It is a real wilderness, and those who go there should not feel too safe.

One of the things [fiction] does is lead you to recognize what you did not know before.

I am living in a nightmare, from which from time to time I wake in sleep.

This is. And thou art. There is no safety. There is no end. The word must be heard in silence. There must be darkness to see the stars. The dance is always danced above the hollow place, above the terrible abyss.

Little mirrors were attached to the front of their cars, at which they glanced to see where they had been; then they stared ahead again. I had thought that only beetles had this delusion of Progress.

The wise needn't ask, the fool asks in vain.