"' I always think everything is a trap until proven otherwise,' the Prince answered. 'Which is why I'm still alive.'"
- The Princess Bride

She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there, leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.
- J.D. Salinger

Mad Hatter: Have I gone mad?
Alice: I’m afraid so. You’re entirely bonkers, but I’ll tell you a secret. All the best people are.

- Alice in Wonderland

Please don't go. We'll eat you up. We love you so.
- Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.
- Charlaine Harris

Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.
- Lemony Snicket

Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I’ll have a long beard by the time I read them.
- Arnold Lobel

I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren't pretty, or smart, or young. They're still princesses. All of us.
- A Little Princess

YOU CAN'T BE TOO OLD TO SPY EXCEPT IF YOU WERE FIFTY YOU MIGHT FALL OFF A FIRE ESCAPE, BUT YOU COULD SPY AROUND ON THE GROUND A LOT.
- Harriet the Spy

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. After all, what's a life anyway? We're born, we live, we die. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to life up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that.
- Charlotte's Web

"Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere."
- Good Night Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown

I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
as long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.

- From Love You Forever, by Robert Munsch

More Wisdom from Winnie the Pooh

Nobody can be un-cheered with a balloon.

A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.

I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me.

Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big Tigger seems to be, remember that he wants as much kindness as Roo.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave.

If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.

I used to believe in forever, but "forever" is too good to be true.

A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.

Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.

If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.

If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together. There is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together keep me in your heart, I'll stay there forever

Wisdom from Winnie the Pooh

When late morning rolls around and you're feeling a bit out of sorts, don't worry; you're probably just a little eleven o'clockish.

People who don't think probably don't have brains; rather, they have grey fluff that's blown into their heads by mistake.

Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.

You can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spelling isn't everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn't count.

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.

It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"

You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

Miss Rumphius Was Here

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"You must do something to make the world more beautiful."

You must never feel badly about making mistakes," explained Reason quietly, "as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons.
- Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth