“Why did the world go on being so beautiful in spite of the ugliness he had experienced? The lake was beautiful, serenely beautiful. The forest was beautiful, greenly beautiful. Lake and forest, the whole shimmering world was painfully beautiful. He… — William Steig Copy Share Image
“Never had he been subjected to such rude treatment. How long could it last? How long, he wondered, could he abide it?” — William Steig Copy Share Image
“The world was all magic, and he had a special bottle of it in his right hand.” — William Steig Copy Share Image
“Otchky-potchky, itchky-pitch, Pay attention to this witch. A donkey takes you to a knight -- Him you conquer in a fight. Then you wed… — William Steig Copy Share Image
To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them. — William Steig Copy Share Image
did you ever see anybody so disgusting: said lightning to thunder, "never" thunder growled thunder, "lets give him the works — William Steig Copy Share Image
“How did the world ever manage without me before I was born?' he wondered. 'Didn't they feel something was missing?” — William Steig Copy Share Image
“Why had he wanted to be rich, or to feel rich? Was he an unhappy mouse before? Didn't he see the King himself often… — William Steig Copy Share Image
“Somewhere out there, in the night sky-and it could only be night-were the glittering stars, and among them his, the one he had always… — William Steig Copy Share Image
“The damp occupants of the cave stood close together in the vaulted entrance like actors who had played their parts and could now watch… — William Steig Copy Share Image
Oh, Life, I am yours. Whatever it is you want of me, I am ready to give. — William Steig Copy Share Image
I've always despised old people. I got angry at my father when he began to show signs of age. — William Steig Copy Share Image
“Abel also kept busy taking it easy. Only when taking it easy, he'd learned, could one properly do one's wondering.” — William Steig Copy Share Image
“He was able to love them again, but he loved them now in a wiser way, knowing their weakness.” — William Steig Copy Share Image
