Here comes Peter Cottontail right down the bunny trail.

There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.

We cannot stay home all our lives, we must present ourselves to the world and we must look upon it as an adventure.

What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were--Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter.

With opportunity the world is very interesting.

For quiet, solitary and observant children create their own world and live in it, nourishing their imaginations on the material at hand.

What we call the highest and the lowest in nature are both equally perfect. A willow bush is as beautiful as the human form divine.

I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.

It dawned on him that he really could be a cop if he wanted to, and it dawned on him that he'd had this revelation while eating a donut, and it that wasn't a sign, he didn't know what was.

Euthanasia" is an excellent and comforting word! I am grateful to whoever invented it.

Why does anybody want to be famous? You know what's important to me? Having lunch! Pasta! Seeing my friends! Is that so crazy?

The only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers.

Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure; whatever she commands, do.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

I was a closet stutterer.

I like to write music that I feel like I would listen to. It's like my interpretation of what I want to hear.

What is true of every member of the society, individually, is true of them all collectively; since the rights of the whole can be no more than the sum of the rights of the individuals.