“And now it's time for tea. Teatime is teatime. And look who's here, in time for tea.”

“Pages and pages and pages with words all over the pages. My goodness, what fun. What fun to write whatever words occur.”

“You see Miss Gertrude is a genius. And a genius is a genius. So what if no one understands a word she writes. Some day they might.”

“The lullaby had the kind of tune everyone thinks they've heard before but can't remember where. A tune like that floats in the air all the time and now and then you catch it.”

“...new ideas are merely several old thoughts that occur at the exact same time.”

“Every creative story is different. And every creative story is the same. There was nothing. Now there is something. It's almost like magic.”

“For the piece of gold lies 3 feet deep, but your hole is only 2 feet steep, so dig on my friend, there's no time to weep. You've only a foot to go.....”