Explore Book Quotes

“POPULATION: None. It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.”

“Let me have men about me that are fat... Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.”

“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.”

“All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive.”

People seeking to control others almost always present the image of a nice person in the beginning. Like rapport-building, charm and the deceptive smile, unsolicited niceness often has a discoverable motive.

“Even though I wasn’t there when it happened, I think the summer really began with the fire.”

“See, courage isn’t just about being brave. Courage is daring to do what is right, in spite of the weakness of our flesh.”

“Another time, the children decide to rig up a ghost in their attic to scare the neighborhood bully Peter Frost. They use their Mama’s dressmaker’s form (called Madame-the-Bust), a pumpkin with real teeth and a scooter.”

That night Anne, who had wound up the delightful evening with a serious little talk with Mrs. Allan at the manse, knelt sweetly by her open window in a great sheen of moonshine and murmured a prayer of gratitude and aspiration that came straight from her heart. There was in it thankfulness for the past and reverent petition for the future; and when she slept on her white pillow her dreams were as fair and bright and beautiful as maidenhood might desire.

“The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.”