“Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos.”

“Avoid any diet that dicourages the use of hot fudge.”

“Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.”

“A library will continue to function nicely without every other position, but without the pages it would grind to a stop within a quiet afternoon. All pages know this...”

“Children are barometers of the chaos that exists within their lives.”

“Isn't death the boundary we need? Doesn't it give a precious texture to life, a sense of definition? You have to ask yourself whether anything you do in this life would have beauty and meaning without the knowledge you carry of a final line, a border or limit.”

“There was no good or bad connected with anything any more.......He regretted nothing; wanted nothing. He was simply existing, and the way things were was the way they had always been and always would be. He didn't care any more. He did what had to be done, and endured in a timeless present, without past or future.”