That's all nonsense, " said Curdie. "I don't know what you mean." "Then if you don't know what I mean, what right have you to call it nonsense?

Seeing is not believing, it is only seeing, ”George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin

Never, my little one, hide anything from those that love you. Never let anything that makes itself a nest in your heart, grow into a secret, for then at once it will begin to eat a hole in it.

It is the beauty of life that makes our lives worth living.

And the fools… well, the fools are there for us to fleece and then to show mercy.

Those who lack all idea that it is possible to be wrong can learn nothing except know-how.

Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters.

I suddenly discovered the delight of rebellion.

It is not possible for minds degraded by a host of trivial concerns to ever rise to anything great.

The things I'm passionate about are beauty and fashion.

No matter how bad you think something is, when you look into it, it's always worse.

Anger or bitterness toward those who have hurt you will block your path to higher ground. You can have anger toward people or you can have freedom from people, but you can't have both.

The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the future of Christian civilisation.