We are all lone souls. It pays to know humility, lest the delusion of control, of mastery, overwhelms. And, indeed, we seem a species prone to that delusion, again and ever again." ~Fiddler, pg. 558

The heart of wisdom is tolerance.

Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.

You must dismantle your sources, lest you do nothing but ape the prejudices of others

And over it all, the butterflies swarmed, like a million yellow-pettalled flowers dancing on swirling winds.

Children are dying." Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.

Your brain works with all the subtlety of a malicious child.

And in the city on all sides, the howling of the Hounds rose in an ear-shattering, soul-flailing crescendo. The Lord of Death had arrived, to walk the streets in the City of Blue Fire.

For we are all bound in stories, and as the years pile up they turn to stone, layer upon layer, building our lives.

No purer artist exists or has ever existed than a child freed to imagine.

You are very easily exasperated, my dear. If you're a leaf trembling on a wide, deep river, relax and ride the current. It's always worked for me, I assure you.

We do not have control over what happens to us. But we have the courage to conquer.

even I get angry, as I see something lovable, immediately I want to hug him indeep love .anger takes a place of flowof breathing in peace

Talk to strangers politely... Every friend you have now was once a stranger, although not every stranger becomes a friend.

The present is not so glorious but that I should wish to dwell a little in the past.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

To do anything to a high level it has to be total obsession.

I love movies that have that resonating scare, that really get under your skin and make you think.

If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.

Don't come to church for an emotional experience. Come to church for the truth.

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.