“Books may well be the only true magic.”

“I always felt and still feel that fairy tales have an emotional truth that is so deep that there are few things that really rival them.”

“I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there's a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate...”

“If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar,...”