“People are no damn good.”

“Did you ever see anybody so disgusting: said lightning to thunder, "never," growled thunder, "let's give him the works.”

“Oh, Life, I am yours. Whatever it is you want of me, I am ready to give.”

“How did the world ever manage without me before I was born?' he wondered. 'Didn't they feel something was missing?”

“The world was all magic, and he had a special bottle of it in his right hand.”

“And they lived horribly ever after, scaring the socks off all who fell afoul of them.”

“He was able to love them again, but he loved them now in a wiser way, knowing their weakness.”