Whenever she felt at home, there always seemed to be love floating about on the edges of things.

The little queen lived in a world where the sky swirled like the sea and nothing was itself for very long. Everything looked to be in brushstrokes.

Water liked to be free. Given time, water could overcome any barrier, and it hated to be trapped, just like Percy.

I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

Our political leaders often talk about Russia taking an independent path, but they like to live like people in the West.

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.

I'd hope to reach any kid who feels apart from the group - those who seem to be outsiders, who feel different. Kids who want to reach their parents often don't know how to do so.

I love you present tense.

All the damnable degrees Of drinking have you staggered through.

You don't become completely free by just avoiding being a slave; you also need to avoid becoming a master.

I want to always find new ways of reinventing myself.

I can understand wanting to be invisible and mistrusting people and wanting to understand everything before you engage with the world.