“Imagination paints a charming view of the future, conveniently adapted to the demands of our current emotion.”

“It is wonderful what tricks our dreams play us, and how conveniently we can imagine.”

“The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.”

“The great subversive works of children's literature suggest that there are other views of human life besides those of the shopping mall and the corporation. They mock current assumptions and express the imaginative, unconventional, noncommercial view of the world in its simplest and purest form. They appeal to the imaginative, questioning, rebellious child within all of us, renew our instinctive energy, and act as a force for change. This is why such literature is worthy of our attention and will endure long after more conventional tales have been forgotten.”

“We have nothing but a history of our own invention to support this view. It suits us to believe it. It allows us to mistreat them, but convenience is not truth.”

“...that's the true enemy of the future. Ignorance. Indifference. Failure to adapt.”