“... what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.”

“if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than re...”

“The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.”

“And Milo, full of thoughts and questions, curled up on the pages of tomorrow's music and eagerly awaited the dawn.”

“You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden character or essence of whatever we want to describe, and through the use of ...”

“Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub?”

“I have little use for religion as it is practiced, or for astrology, or for belief in witchcraft or omens of good or ill-luck. I think they all stem from some insufficiency in mens minds, perhaps f...”

“It is only the innocent mind which knows what love is, and the innocent mind can live in the world which is not innocent.”

“So if you can look at all things without allowing pleasure to creep in - at a face, a bird, the colour of a sari, the beauty of a sheet of water shimmering in the sun, or anything that gives deligh...”