Most of them were champions at spoiling good food.

It certainly was a most beautiful insect. It was pale blue underneath; but its back was glossy black with huge red spots on it.

Dear me, what an unsatisfactory world it was! When one did find a nice kind of life something or somebody always seemed to shove you out of it just as you were beginning to enjoy it.

Great decisions often take no more than a moment in the making.

You stupid piece of warm bacon.

I don’t believe in a lot of baggage. It’s such a nuisance. Life’s too short to fuss with it. And it isn’t really necessary.

Was it the Twilight of Magic? Perhaps. But only today’s. Magic could never die while the sun had the power to rise again and man had the wish to seek.

If I had my way... there wouldn't be a single lion or tiger in captivity anywhere in the world. They never take to it. They're never happy. They never settle down... You can see it in their eyes...

The fact that I have been successful merely means that I can write and illustrate in my own way.

I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children.