“He heard the opening being shut like a trap, and his heart almost stopped beating, for this was the Fairies’ home…”

“Faith does not imply a closed, but an open mind. Quite the opposite of blindness, faith appreciates the vast spiritual realities that materialist overlook by getting trapped in the purely physical.”

“It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.”

“It often occurs to me that we love most what makes us miserable. In my opinion, the damned are damned because they enjoy being damned.”

“With her mother's remarks about his uncle in mind she looked at him with fresh interest and was forced to acknowledge that he too was actually a bit of a hunk. His hair was short, very dark and curly, and he had the sort of craggy face which might no longer be fashionable in the age of the New Man and the sarong but which would certainly appeal to any woman whose favourite fantasy involved caves and clubs and a bit of chest-pounding.”

“If only he knew how little I cared about living.”

“You are like a child who whistles in the dark. As though the dark cared, my poor child, as though the dark cared. ”