Emily Jelinek

“I have to put up with a few caterpillars if I want to get to know the butterflies.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince - Il Piccolo Principe: Bilingual parallel text - Bilingue con testo a fronte: English - Italian / Inglese - Italiano (Dual Language Easy Reader Vol. 33)

“...it's customary in the empire to grant positions of high office to people who know little about their subject; in my case the custom is being maintained to the letter.”
― Magnus Mills, A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In

“The kids, to be frank, were absolutely no help at all, and I truly don’t think I’d ever have it any other way. Neil Gaiman, June 1998”
― Anonymous

“Every lover is, in his heart, a madman, and, in his head, a minstrel.”
― Neil Gaiman, Stardust