Children's books deal in idealized worlds, so they're a document of how our notion of ideal worlds has changed over time.

Providence has not entirely deserted us.

The letter z is the least frequently used letter in written english. It is more common in american english than in british english due to spellings differences.

To be interested solely in technique would be a very superficial thing to me.

I don't know if I'm supposed to say this, but probably not... I was a really cynical child.

The most difficult and, in some ways, the most rewarding thing I've ever been through was emigrating as a teenager.