Michael Rosen

“Anyone who was once a child should have at least one children's book in them.”

“Respect is fatal, isn't it?”

“He wanted to make a mirror. Glass, mercury and a wooden frame- the perfect mirror. But he was no good at it. So he went to the people he knew and asked them for a mirror. All they could give him were bits of old mirror. He took these home, stuck them on a board and hung it up. It's a mirror.”

“dear joe, your wild noisy huge brother is dead.bring two boys, four years apart through the maze.”

“It's nice of you to say you'll always remember him. You won't.”

“People are good," he said. "They'll all be good to you. Except one.”

“I mucked about with his hair. His shoes left them.”

“You ask me how it's possible for me to carry on. I wonder it's possible to carry on.”

“Bloody music. I hate the way it infiltrates.”

“It didn't work out the way it's supposed to.”

“Sometimes because I'm sad I do bad things. They are too bad. And it's not fair on the cat.”

“Sad is anywhere. It comes along and finds you.”

“There must be candles.”