I see my father. I see him gone away. My world is a little bit colder.

You have such faith, ” he tells me. “Let it be bigger than your fears.

Since the beginning of time there was always stories like this, ” he replies. “As children we reveled in the dream that there was a place out there that was different from the one we lived in.

The darkness is no place to be in times like this.

A book, child. A book just for you, in a lost language.

..and she a star, to outshine all the suns of mans days.

Everyone is good at heart. We all do things with the greatest of intentions and most of the time we do it for selfish reasons. Myself included.

Everyone makes mistakes. If everyone fell into the sand after making a mistake we would never get anywhere. We'd all be washed away in the sea, lost forever. Do you understand?

Whatever my path, I have faith I will end up where I need to be.

I lost my family, ” he says softly. The tone of his voice justifies my earlier regret. “If you have nothing to love, you have nothing to lose. Even your own life becomes meaningless.

Maybe you should stop putting so much faith into what you read in books.

Leowin: Don't worry Luthiel. 'Truth's existence never depended upon belief.

the lies of centuries, the lies of love, the lies of Socrates and Blake and Christwill be your bedmates and tombstonesin a death that will never end.

You don't have to have anything in common with people you've known since you were five. With old friends, you've got your whole life in common.

But too many people now climb onto the cross merely to be seen from a greater distance, even if they have to trample somewhat on the one who has been there so long.

...don't ask me why I know what an Edwardian smoking jacket looks like: let's just say it has something to do with Doctor Who and leave it at that.

You're here to be LIGHT... Shine! Be generous with your lives.

Wear it if it clashes.

If you're really worried about the effect of "Silent Night" on the kids, you need a hobby or something, and I'm glad you're pointing that out.

I wanted to avoid, special IO for terminals.

Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.