"He says, you have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else but you …"

"It’s lovely to know that the world can’t interfere with the inside of your head."

"I don't know what it means and I don't care because it's Shakespeare and it's like having jewels in my mouth when I s…"

"Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale."

"There’s no use saying anything in the schoolyard because there’s always someone with an answer and there’s nothing yo…"

"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy …"

"I asked my dad what afflicted meant and he said 'Sickness son, and things that don't fit.'"

"I know that big people don't like questions from children. They can ask all the questions they like, How's school? Ar…"

"I like the lemon meringue pie but I don't like the way Americans leave out the 'r' at the end of a word."

"They know it's a forty-minute showdown, you versus them. … They have you by the balls and you created the situation, …"