“Understanding breeds empathy.”

“Ignorance, fear, hate: these are our enemies. Deny them with all your might. -Oromis”

“Whatever you make, base it upon that which is most important to you. Only then will it have depth and meaning, and only then will it resonate with others.”

“Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us.”

“Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.”

“I have a new name for ”

“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.”

“I live alone," he said simply. "I live in the open. I hear the waves at night and see the black patterns of the pine boughs against the sky. With sound and silence and color and solitude, of course...”

“It is difficult to undo our own damage, and to recall to our presence that which we have asked to leave. It is hard to desecrate a grove and change your mind. The very holy mountains are keeping mu...”

“I have a new name for ”

“Into the sky to win or die.”

“I'm healthy as an ox. And you?" "To compare myself with a bovine would be both ridiculous and insulting, but I'm fit as ever, if that is what you are asking.”