From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler

by E.L. Konigsburg

If you think of doing something in New York City, you can be certain that at least two thousand other people have that same thought.

Reason was the reason.

But lying in bed just before going to sleep is the worst time for organized thinking; it is the best time for free thinking.

“The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough.

Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around.