“Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children." -Diana”

“Mercer,” Polly says, “we are now going to hug. As a group. The experience will be very un-English. It will be good for you. Do not speak, at all, especially not in an attempt to diffuse the emotional intensity of the situation.”They hug, somewhat awkwardly, but with great feeling.“Well,” Mercer says, after a moment, “that was certainly—”“I will hit you with a shovel,” Polly Cradle murmurs.”

“There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.”

“ No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch.”

“No amount of prayer or meditation can do what helping others can do.”

“Wishing for the impossible in the future is a good exercise, I think, especially for children; wishing for it in the past is surely the emptiest and saddest of occupations.”