“Id venture to guess that a list of things you know nothing about could fill volumes.”

“It pains me to admit this, but Roger was a good sight less stupid than most children.”

“she simply accepted it for what it was a normal, average, everyday kind of miracle.”

“Jocelyns stomach lodged another complaint with the management regarding the length of time since breakfast.”

“if you will quit squirming about and be patient you will see that most things in life, wishes included, do not have immediate results.”

“For the first time in her life, Jocelyn felt the hot shame of being underdressed for a party.”

“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”

“Go outside. Dont tell anyone and dont bring your phone. Start walking and keep walking until you no longer know the road like the palm of your hand, because we walk the same roads day in and day ou...”

“To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.”

“She may not be like everyone else, but neither am I.”

“Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time.”

“She asked where he lived. Second to the right,' said Peter, 'and then straight on till morning.”

“I was happy, but happy is an adult word. You don't have to ask a child about happy, you see it. They are or they are not. Adults talk about being happy because largely they are not. Talking about i...”

“Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry...have too much to eat. Let me be r...”

“I walked over to the hill where we used to go and sled. There were a lot of little kids there. I watched them flying. Doing jumps and having races. And I thought that all those little kids are goin...”