“A book is like a man — clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun.”

“Because horror on Earth is real and it is every day. It is like a flower or like the sun; it cannot be contained.”

“It's not too near for me
Like a flower I need the rain
Though it's not clear to me
Every season has its change
And I will see you
When the sun comes out again.”

“I like a bit of a mongrel myself, whether it's a man or a dog; they're the best for every day.”

“Alas, despite wing implants, feathers and wax, and carnal associations with swans, we will never grow wings. Alas, any true flight we make will always be externally assisted. Alas, the best we can do is fall and believe ourselves flying.”

“It's not too near for me
Like a flower I need the rain”

“I’ve never been certain whether the moral of the Icarus story should only be, as is generally accepted, ‘don’t try to fly too high,’ or whether it might also be thought of as ‘forget the wax and feathers, and do a better job on the wings.”

“Life is unjust and this is what makes it so beautiful. Every day is a gift. Be brave and take hold of it.”

“A brave man scorns to quarrel once a day;
Like Hectors in at every petty fray.”

“I should like to freeze in time all those I do love… Rather like flowers pressed between the pages of a book!”