“One cannot spend forever sitting and solving the mysteries of one's history.”

“A mystery is solved with a story.”

“An Overall Feeling of Doom that One Cannot Ever Escape no Matter What One Does”

“A good thing to do when one is sitting, eating, and resting is to have a conversation.”

“Wishing, like sipping a glass of punch, or pulling aside a bearskin rug in order to access a hidden trapdoor in the floor, is merely a quiet way to spend one's time before the candles are extinguished on one's birthday cake.”

“If you have ever lost a loved one, then you know exactly how it feels. And if you have not, then you cannot possibly imagine it.”

“There are those who say that life is like a book, with chapters for each event in your life and a limited number of pages on which you can spend your time. But I prefer to think that a book is like a life, particularly a good one, which is well to worth staying up all night to finish.”