Distortion is part of desire. We always change the things we want.

In this early memory he looks different from the way I would remember him later.

Onward and Upward! To Narnia and the North!

I actually remember feeling delight at two o'clock in the morning when the baby woke for his feed because I so longed to have another look at him.

Consciousness begins when brains acquire the power, the simple power I must add, of telling a story.

There were statistically more women than men on the planet. Why should every major religion have been founded by men and propagated by men?

Hope nothing from foreign governments. They will never be really willing to aid you until you have shown that you are strong enough to conquer without them.

You cannot escape from your past! But you can understand it! And once you understand it, you don't have to escape from it any longer! Understanding liberates you!

But on the other hand, I don't actively seek out stories or hunt them down.

The booksellers are generous liberal-minded men.

My father was all brain and little heart.

Make a difference, does it? You stay the night here snake get you.