“If you find the truth within you, it will save you. If you ignore it, it will destroy you.”

“It's stupid to ban books that tell you the truth about life.”

“It has occured to Charlotte that men are full of petulant nonsense,and that their supposed strength is rather less than a girl's.”

“You can always trust information given to you by people who are crazy. They have access to truth not available through regular channels.”

“You have to know where the funny is, and if you know where the funny is, you know everything.”

“You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world.”

“It has long been known to me that certain objects want you as much as you want them. These are the ones that become important, the objects that you hold dear. The others fade from your life entirely. You wanted them, but they did not want you in return.”