Things we are accustomed to regard as myth or fairy story are very much present in people's lives. Nice people behave like wicked stepmothers. Every day.

I think we ought to live happily ever after.

To love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that much.

That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when they read. Children you only need to tell things to once.

Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things.

A heart's a heavy burden.

She was remorseless, but she lacked method.

I am a believer in free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must be free to do so.

Only thin, weak thinkers despise fairy stories. Each one has a true, strange fact hidden in it, you know, which you can find if you look.

Being a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.

Write it as a dream, read it as a goal.

The future of the Church is in the hands of wisdom

Postmodern comedy doesn't work well with very old audiences, because it's making fun of the comedy they enjoy.

Knowledge is more important than life. We've only one excuse for existing, to think, to find out, to learn.

Sisterly love is one of the few boons in this life.

A day of peace and sharing can lead to greater understanding and cooperation among political parties, faith groups, and people of different races and economic class.

So you may look lightly upon a Scripture and see nothing; meditate often upon it, and there you shall see a light, like the light of the sun.

If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.

Take the craziest dream you ever had and go after it. Make it a reality. I don't want you to dream, I want you to do.

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