Sometimes the Nonman would climb upon some wild pulpit, the mossed remains of a fallen tree, the humped back of a boulder, and paint wonders with his dark voice. Wonders and horrors both.

There was such a difference, he thought, between the beauty that illuminated, and the beauty that was illuminated.

Any fool can see the limits of seeing, but not even the wisest know the limits of knowing. Thus is ignorance rendered invisible, and are all Men made fools.

Here we find further argument for Gotagga’s supposition that the world is round. How else could all men stand higher than their brothers?

Faith is the truth of passion. Since no passion is more true than another, faith is the truth of nothing.

Though all men be equally frail before the world, the differences between them are terrifying.

Love is lust made meaningful. Hope is hunger made human.

I wanted a literate, socially intricate, and cosmopolitan world - something I could have fun destroying.

To indulge it is to breed it. To punish it is to feed it. Madness knows no bridle but the knife.

History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang.

Consequences lost all purchase when they became mad. And desperation, when pressed beyond anguish, became narcotic.

Real spirituality is about getting the bullshit out of your life and getting real.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

We should raise the minimum wage so that no one who works full time has to live in poverty

The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception, the people's voice.

It is not my experience that life’s difficulties make people more charitable.

Fear is a weapon of mass destruction.

There will be good moments, and there will be less good moments.

Reading well makes children more interesting both to themselves and others, a process in which they will develop a sense of being separate and distinct selves.

The problem with the economy isn't that people aren't paying their fair share of taxes.

My respectful study of other religions has not abated my reverence for or my faith in the Hindu scriptures.