A book can change the world... Every book a child reads creates new neurons in that child's brain.

Dance, my darling dance! If you dance then death can't catch you! Nothing bad can touch you! Dance!

There are two ways to be rich: One is by acquiring much, and the other is by desiring little.

If you want intelligent children give them a book. If you want more intelligent children give them more books.

Books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat it because it's good for you. Books drag you in because they are fascinating.

The song and dance didn't stop us dying. It just stopped the fear of death swallowing us up while we were still alive.

If something is worth doing you may as well go heart and soul and boot leather.

I might be able to find out what happened 6,000 years ago but I will never know what happens 6,000 years in the future! And that is not fair, blast it.

I've always found the world is the most extraordinarily fascinating place and the more data you get, the more you can actually put pieces into this jigsaw.

Morning: Slept. Afternoon: Slept. Evening: Ate grass. Night: Ate grass. Decided grass is boring. Scratched. Hard to reach the itchy bits. Slept.

For me books have always been an incredibly solid part of my life, both as escapism and simply as resource.

Shame internalized can lead to agony. Whereas shame let out can lead to freedom, or at least a funny story, which is a sort of freedom too.

Circumstances don't always align themselves with human intention.

Critasism is just a way of saying i'm jelous of your talents

I'm just the biggest klutz. That's the problem. I don't get hurt doing cool things.

I have to say you don't look anything like a policewoman." Maxia's perfect eyebrows arched as she gave Eve's dress a quick scan. "Leonardo dresses you, doesn't he?" "No, I usually do it myself.

It's only people that aren't goths that think the Cure are a goth band.

The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling.

I'm not in business to make money for the other guy. I'm in business to make money for myself.

The determining factor in our relationship with God is not our past but Christ's past.

Plain and not honest is too harsh a style.