“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”

“Thats what being alive is, Thing! Its being badly prepared for everything! Because you only get one chance, Thing!”

“Yes, but nomes arent hard to make, said Dorcas. You just need other nomes. Youre weird.”

“She sniffed, and smiled a bit, but not too much because if there is one thing worse than someone who doesn't understand you it's someone who understands perfectly, before you've had a chance to hav...”

“We kill all the caterpillars, then complain there are no butterflies.”

“Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.”

“You can be used by someone for their aims when you are not aware of your true being”