I’d never heard of a rain check before, but hoped it was something storm rescuers bought bags of souvenirs for their kids with.

You wanted to be the cheese, ” I said.“The what?" "The cheese, the gooey good stuff that fills in the empty space when a slice is taken away.

Where the frontier of science once was is now the centre.

It is imperative to change the way we look at education. We should invest in the foundation of school readiness from birth to age 5.

No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.

Why should I give my Readers bad lines of my own when good ones of other People's are so plenty?

The mobile phone, the fax, emails. Call me old fashioned, but what's wrong with a chain of beacons?

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

I grew up rock climbing.

It didn't happen in the 70s. So I had a whole decade when I was writing these books and maybe there was a little bit here or there but there was no big effort to ban books.

Oh, no doubt the cod is a splendid swimmer - admirable for swimming purposes but not for eating.

I try to make sense of life. I try to keep myself open to people and to laughter and to love and to have faith.