She felt as if she knew the stars, and had been among them, or would be.

The shelf was filled with books that were hard to read, that could devastate and remake one's soul, and that, when they were finished, had a kick like a mule.

There is justice in the world, Peter Lake, but it cannot be had without mystery.

Quite possibly there's nothing as fine as a big freight train starting across country in early summer, Hardesty thought. That's when you learn that the tragedy of plants is that they have roots.

their powerlessness, innocence, and imagination fused to enable them to turn time inside out, travel on the wind, and enter the souls of animals.

Justice came from a fight amid complexities, and required all the virtues in the world merely to be perceived.

The beauty of truth is that it need not be proclaimed or believed. It skips from soul to soul, changing form each time it touches, but it is what it is, I have seen it, and someday you will, too.

Small scenes can be so beautiful that they change a man forever.

Physical features count little unless they are illumined from within.

For the first time in his life, he felt exactly what he was, and he was not impressed.

At least until there are new lakes in the clouds that open upon living cities as yet unknown, and perhaps forever, that is a question which you must answer within your own heart.

What is real and what is not is for your heart to decide and for your heart to know.

The quest for knowledge shouldn't stop at the highest level of school education. It is a never-ending process.

People changing because they think they should is not a good idea, because I just don't think they should, really.

The Indian wars have never ended in the Americas.

Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.

Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful not frowning and sad.

Appear as you may wish to be

Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?

People constantly make pop-culture references. That's why it's called popular culture, because people are aware of it and reference it constantly.