All these things that crib and cab in your brain, in your imagination, are in fact things that might well in later life drive you insane.

I think we ought to live happily ever after.

To love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that much.

That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when they read. Children you only need to tell things to once.

Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things.

A heart's a heavy burden.

She was remorseless, but she lacked method.

I am a believer in free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must be free to do so.

Only thin, weak thinkers despise fairy stories. Each one has a true, strange fact hidden in it, you know, which you can find if you look.

Being a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.

If I thought being kissed by Tyr had been what kissing was all about, I had been wrong. This kiss trampled Tyr's kiss, threw it to the ground, and danced on its grave.

Stress can destroy much more than just our physical health. Too often, it eats away at our hope, belief, and faith.

Whence? wither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy.

If we keep on ignoring and leaving children to their own devices at home, they become latchkey kids, and trust me, the consequences of that are not good.

Somewhere in the crowd was at least one potential friend who'd understand the fundamental value of goofing off. Because if not, how boring would that be?

...consciousness can keep only a few images in full clarity at one time, and even this clarity fluctuates.

We overstate the ills of life, and take Imagination... down our earth to rake.

We are not sure we are right until we have made the best case possible for those who are wrong.

Trust is the foundation of real teamwork (there is nothing touchy-feely about this).

We focus on building innovation and inventing technology futures and we figure that it will take care of the rest. So far, it's done wonders.