But I said that you could still want something that is very unlikely to happen.

I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk.

On the fifth day, which was a Sunday, it rained very hard. I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty.

And this shows that sometimes people want to be stupid and they do not want to know the truth.

All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I'm not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are.

... why I like timetables, because they make sure I don't get lost in time.

I want my name to mean me.

I find people confusing.

Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them. It's just that scientists haven't found the answer yet.

And I know I can do this because I went to London on my own, and because I solved the mystery…and I was brave and I wrote a book and that means I can do anything.

I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them

We who are immortal, we are chained to this life by a chain of gold, and we dare not sever it for fear of what lies beyond the drop.

The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.

Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find?

To use color well is as difficult as for a fish to pass from water to air or earth.

The essence of good advertising is not to inspire hope, but to create greed.

I'm an honest, hardworking conservative leader who will stand up to Washington and fight for Nebraska.

What the eyes sees, the ear hears, and the mind believes.

When one reads hurriedly and nervously, having in mind written tests and examinations, one's brain becomes encumbered with a lot of bric-a-brac for which there seems to be little use.

I wanted to be a ballerina as a child - I had a tutu, and I used to stage my own ballets in our front room with my family as the audience.

To create a work of art, great or small, is work, hard work, and work requires discipline and order.