She closed the book and put her cheek against it. There was still an odor of a library on it, of dust, leather, binding glue, and old paper, one book carrying the smell of hundreds.

Yes, we'll yell, 'Help, help us, goose girl, and bring the terrifying legion of warrior geese'.

If we're mad, we're mad in large numbers, at least larger than yours.

When you get tired of worrying and mourning your horse and trying not to be afraid, tell me and I'll do it for you a while so you can shut your eyes and sleep peaceful.

Clearly she was expected to say something, but panic at having to speak stole the thoughts from her head.

You saw my leg?""How can a man help what he sees?" he said. "And, if I could add, you possess a very fine leg.

Sometimes it seems my identity’s a matter of opinion

Parents need to fill a child’s bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can’t oke enough holes to drain it dry.

From the landscape: a sense of scale. From the dead: a sense of scale.

In one respect at least the Martians are a happy people, they have no lawyers.

I can remember when, as a beginner, I was delighted with any ball as long as it would bounce.

When you photograph a face . . .you photograph the soul behind it.

They'll just cut our wrists like Cheap coupons and say that death Was on sale today.

I was on food stamps until I was 18 and became an adult.

Once illness strikes, you realize there's not a lot of time for you to do what you really need to do. And there's no time like the present.

Each man is divine. Each man that you see is a God by his very nature.

However, in spite of the general perception that monetary policy should be conducted so as to avert deflation, a central bank cannot lower interest rates below the zero lower bound.