C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

"Adventures are never fun while you're having them."

"And she never could remember; and ever since that day what Lucy means by a good story is a story which reminds her of the forgotten story in the Magician's Book."

"In our world,"said Eustace, "a star is a huge ball of flaming gas."Even in your world, my son, that is not what a star is, but only what it is made of."