Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies!

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

It's incredibly important to me that my children don't put anything in their bodies that they haven't tested first - that's how you end up dying.

So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals

You're going to have an upset stomach. If you eat spicy stiff because you're upset, then you'll get diarrhea.

My dad was a surgeon in Egypt. He was a general surgeon. As a little boy I always admired what he was doing, and I wanted to do surgery.

Back in 2008, when we were first preparing to launch Tor.com, I knew I wanted Jo Walton to be a regular writer for the site.

God knows we have nothing of ourselves, therefore in the covenant of grace he requires no more than he gives, but gives what he requires, and accepts what he gives.

I wanted to make people feel the same way I feel when I see a good movie.

A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.

Even people who don't share my specific faith (denomination, beliefs, etc.) are typically enthusiastic about my profession of faith in God and my commitment to living to God-given standards.