“Real children do not go hoppity skip unless they are on drugs.”

“It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.”

“There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.”

“Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.”

“The trouble with life was that you didn’t get a chance to practice before doing it for real.”

“I don't regret it, you know. I would do it all again. Children are our hope for the future."THERE IS NO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, said Death."What does it contain, then?"ME.”

“A lot hinges on the fact that, in most circumstances, people are not allowed to hit you with a mallet. They put up all kinds of visible and invisible signs that say, 'Do not do this' in the hope that it'll work, but if it doesn't, then they shrug, because there is, really, no real mallet at all.”