If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats..

A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been floo….

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so..

Sometimes even in most unfortunate of lives there will occur a moment or two of good..

...everyone was right about you- prove them wrong..

They say love's like a bus, and if you wait long enough another one will come along, but not in this place where the buses are slow and most of the c….

the mind has a thousand eyes, and the heart has one:yet the light of a whole life dies when love is done..

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them..

The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up..

the table of elements does not contain one of the most powerful elements that make up our world, and that is the element of surprise..

I'm sure you have heard it said that appearance does not matter so much, and that it is what's on the inside that counts. This is, of course, utter n….

Wishing, like sipping a glass of punch, or pulling aside a bearskin rug in order to access a hidden trapdoor in the floor, is merely a quiet way to s….

Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they are all alone in the world, and that nobody lo….

Nobody wants to hear that you will try your best. It is the wrong thing to say. It is like saying 'I probably won't hit you with a shovel.' Suddenly ….

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby - awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess..

It is always sad when someone leaves home, unless they are simply going around the corner and will return in a few minutes with ice-cream sandwiches..

My chauffer once told me that I would feel better in the morning, but when I woke up the two of us were still on a tiny island surrounded by man-eati….

Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of ….

I’d ruin any day, all my days, for those long nights with you, and I did..

Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course..

It is not very polite to interrupt a person, of course, but sometimes if the person is very unpleasant you can hardly stop yourself..