There is an art to Noavek bullshit, " Cyra said as she muted the feed. "We're taught it from birth.

It's hard to know what's right in this life, ' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is mercy. Do you know who taught me that?' A grin. 'You.'"P459

Yeah, well, we're all afraid." I sighed. "The angry more than most, I think.

Freedom. He offered it like someone who didn't know what it meant, someone who had never had it taken away."pg 185

I know what it is to become something you hate, I know how it hurts. But life is full of hurt. And your capacity for baring it is much greater than you believe."pg 287

What a person did when they were in pain said a lot about them.pg 459

Soft hearts make the universe worth living in.

I didn't scream I wasn't afraid. I knew I was strong enough to survive it all.

Honor, ” I said with a snort. “Honor has no place in survival.

The scars on her face said something different about her, too-that she, like Cyra, knew what she was risking when she risked her life."pg 337

You know, ' he said, the condition of sourness--or monstrousness, as you might call it--doesn't have to be permanent.'P189

Nothing is more important than creative play through imagination. Never stop playing, and never stop imagining!

The essence of all experience is Rasa – Bliss.

Take this marriage thing seriously - it has to last all the way to the divorce.

Every fear hides a wish.

You must practice to be able to return to essential principles at any moment.

Your earthly body is after all nothing more than a dress and inside it is a finer dress, and you yourself are in this finer dress.

We cannot end hunger unless we end poverty.

Of all the disciplines involved in making anything - TV, film or anything I do - the writing is the most valuable commodity.

How we treat others will determine how others treat us, and how others treat us will determine who we are.

Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock 'n' roll.