That was what happened to laughter when you caged it. It became unbearably sad. It was worse than crying.

Mama, don’t take him. We need him,’ Jack whispered. ‘Please. He will not forget you if you let him stay with us. He will love you for ever and every time he laughs, he will...

Did you bite someone?’ Jack enquired.’I laughed at people, which is much worse. My laughter has sharper teeth than any dog. It tears people apart who wish to be taken seriously, but I could not...

I heard you laughing,’ Jack said. He wanted to say something about the quality of that terrible laughter, but he did not know how to begin. So he said, ‘ I’ve never heard anyone laugh...

You must not let me out,’ it warned him gently, as it saw his eyes rest on the lock.’If you release me now that I know my nature, I could not help but unmake the...

Oh yes. It’s open all right, but not many people come in here to look at me now so there’s no point in selling tickets. No one is interested in a man who professes to...

If human lives be,for their very brevity, sweet,then beast lives are sweeter still…

At last, I came to the Lost Dog’s Home which my map told me marked teh turnoff to Shelly Beach.You could hear some of the dogs barking, calling out for their owners to come and...

The deepest wounds aren’t the ones we get from other people hurting us. They are the wounds we give ourselves when we hurt other people.

Cracks especially. You have to be careful of the cracks.. Sometimes they are disguised as something else. A doorway, or a smile or even a winking eye. And if you fall through them, you never...

Maruman does not loll.

Life has always been a matter of putting one’s feet down carefully

Many truths which are not believed are called lies,’ the Laughing Beast said. ‘Mirrors do not themselves lie unless they have been enchanted. Ordinary mirrors merely reflect what is revealed to them. People lie and...

Some foolish people must have a tragedy, for they cannot believe in happy endings

Never trust a mirror,’ his mother had told him. ‘They never tell the truth unless you make them.

My heart belongs to you,’ He promised.’Would you have loved me when I was a girl?”I have always loved you. Even before I met you I loved the idea of you.

Strength without compassion is soulless and cruel. Weakness, too, has its place, for it brings understanding.

What’s your name?”Names!’ she sniffed, rolling her eyes. ‘People always want names, don’t they? They’re mad about naming. I will let the moment name me.’ she eyed Jack expectantly.’You want me to name you?’ he...

Laughter is a powerful weapon for it carries the light. To laugh is to defy the darkness.

Only humans think death is evil. But it is nature. Evil exist’s only in life. There is much good and evil alloted to each life.