“Sometimes the whole world is mud luscious and puddle wonderful”

“The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.”

“in Just-spring          when the world is mud-luscious the littlelame balloonmanwhistles          far          and weeand eddieandbill comerunning from marbles andpiracies and it'sspringwhen the world is puddle-wonderfulthe queerold balloonman whistlesfar          and          weeand bettyandisbel come dancingfrom hop-scotch and jump-rope andit'sspringand          the                    goat-footedballoonMan          whistlesfarandwee”

“The girl, Maggie, blossomed in a mud puddle.”

“Sometimes you just have to jump in a mud puddle because it's there. Never get so old that you forget about having fun.”

“A puddle repeats infinity, and is full of light; nevertheless, if analyzed objectively, a puddle is a piece of dirty water spread very thin on mud.”