“Expect everything so that nothing comes unexpected.”

“Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.”

“Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going.”

“Since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to expect that, in order to get out, you must start thinking.”

“You see. . . it's really quite strenuous doing nothing all day, so once a week we take a holiday and go nowhere, which was just where we were going when you came along. Would you care to join us?”

“Outside the window, there was so much to see, and hear, and touch — walks to take, hills to climb, caterpillars to watch as they strolled through the garden. There were voices to hear and conversations to listen to in wonder, and the special smell of each day.And, in the very room in which he sat, there were books that could take you anywhere, and things to invent, and make, and build, and break, and all the puzzle and excitement of everything he didn't know — music to play, songs to sing, and worlds to imagine and then someday make real. His thoughts darted eagerly about as everything looked new — and worth trying."Well, I would like to make another trip," he said, jumping to his feet; "but I really don't know when I'll have the time. There's just so much to do right here.”

“Sometimes I find the best way of getting from one place to another is simply to erase everything and begin again.”