One day this war will end. And when it does, Tule Lake will be just a memory.
— Teresa R. FunkeOne may enter the literary parlor via just about any door, be it the prison door, the madhouse door, or the brothel door. There is but one door one may not enter it through, which is the child room door. The critics will never forgive you such. The great Rudyard Kipling is one of a number of people to have suffered from this. I keep wondering to myself what this peculiar contempt towards anything related to childhood is all about.
— Michael Ende...In the middle of the field, Harry suddenly stopped and looked back. Mr. Chad was all alone in the creepy woods. He could take care of himself...Couldn't he? Of course he could, he was a teacher.
— Connie Kingrey AndersonOurchestra:So you haven't got a drum, just beat your belly.So I haven't got a horn-I'll play my nose.So we haven't any cymbals-We'll just slap our hands together,And though there may be orchestrasThat sound a little betterWith their fancy shiny instrumentsThat cost an awful lot-Hey, we're making music twice as goodBy playing what we've got!
— Shel SilversteinThere's my baby!' I cried, quite carried away, 'There's my poochiekins!'...'Sadie,' My dad said firmly, 'Please do not refer to the devourer of souls as 'poochiekins'.
— Rick RiordanIf 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 real ones.
— Norton JusterGood isn't obsessed to win ButBad is destined to lose.
— Hemdiva DevWhat we do is what means the most.
— Jessica Marie BaumgartnerIf history repeats itself, I am so getting a dinosaur!
— AnonymousA whizzpopper!' cried the BFG, beaming at her. 'Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness. It is music in our ears! You surely is not telling me that a little whizzpopping if forbidden among human beans?
— Roald Dahl