The magic had started to degrade, and Rosemary had slowly but surely become thoroughly, gruesomely human. And there were few things worse in this world than humans.

Esther so badly wanted to save her father, to bring him back from the half death that had become his life. Every time he reminded her that he couldn’t be saved, Esther’s heart broke a little more.

How could death not be appealing, when the only thing that gave him comfort in life was being unconscious?

One day, ” he said, “everybody’s gonna wake up and realize their parents are human beings, just like them. Sometimes they’re good people, sometimes they’re not.

Are your convictions so fragile that mine cannot stand in opposition to them? Is your God so illusory that the presence of my Devil reveals his insufficiency?

Were there no God, we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts, and no one thank.

I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.

One cannot permit unique opportunities to slip by for the sake of trifles.

On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners.

The real pleasure-seeking is the combination of luxury and austerity in such a way that the luxury can really be felt.

If everything proceeded according to their wishes, they would not understand what it means to follow God.

I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe

When summer is over, winter becomes sad too, because opposites often admire each other secretly!

Fear not, dear cousin. In madness there is great power