“He smiled and bent forward, a hand on each knee, his truculence gleaming through his smile like a stone under water.”

“A good novel begins with a small question and ends with a bigger one.”

“When you read to a child, when you put a book in a child's hands, you are bringing that child news of the infinitely varied nature of life. You are an awakener.”

“He smiled and bent forward, a hand on each knee, his truculence gleaming through his smile like a stone under water.”

“Words are nets through which all truth escapes("News From The World")”