The worst of anything she could do to me would be to make me like her. That's why I ran away.

It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.

Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization.

If I were omnipotent and omnibenevolent I wouldn't be so damn ineffable.

If you love books enough, books will love you back.

I care more about the people in books than the people I see every day.

You can't do magic with books unless they're very special copies.

One of the things I've always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and look at things from angles you'd never have thought about before.

magic can make things happen before you do it. It can make things have happened.

You can never be sure where you are with magic.

I wish magic was more dramatic

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Form and substance are one and the same. Form is the life expression and substance the living painting.

On being asked what condition of man he considered the most pitiable: A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to read.

Whatever man feels deeply or images clearly, is impressed upon the subconscious mind, and carried out in minutest detail.

I could be a bit of a pain in the arse. Since I've come out of my cancer, I must say I intend to be even more of a pain in the arse.

Let’s just say that being able to contact ghosts makes for some very interesting ménages á trios… and ménages á quartre, and ménages á … whatever five is in French. ~Jaime Vegas

We are cosmic traitors. We must recognize this problem within ourselves if we are to grasp the necessity of the cross.

Everyone has a telephone. Whether they can afford it or not. It's one of those things that people have, regardless of their income.

The great thing about marriage is the idea of really getting to know someone. And really getting to know a woman is a life long task.

Liberty is never safer than when politicans are terrified.