But I discovered that people like me -- they do, you know, if you like them -- and then it was all right.

I think we ought to live happily ever after.

My shining dishonesty will be the salvation of me.

Look. Survey. Inspect. My hair is ruined! I look like a pan of bacon and eggs!

You must admit I have a right to live in a pigsty if I want.

What a strange family you are! Is your name Lettie too?

Nobody can buy a hat without gossiping.

I feel ill, " [Howl] announced. "I'm going to bed, where I may die.

Wizard Howl, " said Wizard Suliman. "I must apologize for trying to bite you so often. In the normal way, I wouldn't dream of setting teeth in a fellow countryman.

Tantrums are seldom about the thing they appear to be about.

Some people are thoroughly self-centred. This thing goes with me. I need it for moral support.

When undesirable and ugly addendum enters a man's life history, it become acceptable as part of the process of growing up.

I came to understand that happiness and vulnerability are often the same thing.

Husbandry is the foundation of civilization - all sustenance derives from it, as well as the principal benefits and blessings that civilization brings.

Don't let expertise fool you into seeing false boundaries or underestimating those with wild dreams.

You treat a kid with respect and as an adult you talk to them as if they're smart people. But you don't throw at them the trappings of adulthood and you know, the darker stuff.

Al Gore has endorsed Howard Dean for president. That's pretty fitting, the guy that didn't beat Bush endorsing the guy who won't beat Bush.

The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below

I count him lost, who is lost to shame.

If it's a good day, I get 'The New York Times' on my iPad, and if I have a little time in the morning, I like to look at that while I'm eating.

As long as we have the possibility then we still have to fight for it.