Holiness was always something richly dim.

Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons, always. ("The Higgler")

Blood is thicker than water, I know, but it's unnatural stuff to drink so much of. (“The Wife Of Ted Wickham”)

Humph, ' he said, with a disagreeable air, 'the universe does its work very quietly.' (“The Bogey Man”)

Some colors exist in dreams that are not present in the waking spectrum.

It's always the music first for me. But if the music isn't selling, there isn't gonna be no business. So you gotta make sure music is always the first priority.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

Bless all useful objects, the spoons made of bone, the mattress I cook my dreams upon, the typewriter that is my church with an altar of keys always waiting.

The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.

A readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.

Dream big. Start small. But most of all, start.

Some people can get away with being very sexy to men and not looking like a complete cow, but I didn't think I was in a position where people knew me well enough

Laughing at something is a form of accepting it or at list making peace with it.

I'm surprised you don't know more about magic, Sister Verna. There is a word that is magic. It can accomplish more than you might think. Maybe you have heard it before. It is the word 'please.