But now and then, beneath the outer numbness, something stirred, like a living pain waiting for the anesthetic to wear away. - Zilpha Keatley Snyder

"None of my friends know how to play imagining games the way you do," Melanie said. "Some of them can do it a little bit but they mostly don't have any very good ideas. And a lot of them only like ball games or other things that are already made up. But I like imagining games better than anything."

My dear child...fault is an empty word. It is a coin with only one side. It is not a reason or an excuse.

Belief in mysteries — all manner of mysteries — is the only lasting luxury in life.