“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.”

“A book, too, can be a star 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly.”

“Suddenly there was a great burst of light through the Darkness. The light spread out and where it touched the Darkness the Darkness disappeared. The light spread until the patch of Dark Thing had vanished, and there was only a gentle shining, and through the shining came the stars, clear and pure.”

“It seemed to travel with her, to sweep her aloft in the power of song, so that she was moving in glory among the stars, and for a moment she, too, felt that the words Darkness and Light had no meaning, and only this melody was real.”

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”

“If a book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”

“Love of music, of sunsets and sea; a liking for the same kind of people; political opinions that are not radically divergent; a similar stance as we look at the stars and think of the marvelous strangeness of the universe - these are what build a marriage. And it is never to be taken for granted.”