“He had his treasure, but finally all he wanted was his family. And peace.”

“Who hurt you, once, so far beyond repairthat you would meet each overturewith curling lip?While we, who knew you well, your friends, (the focus of your scorn)could see your courage in the face of f...”

“and all the other tools that mistook information for knowledge”

“Joy doesn't ever leave, you know. It's always with you. And one day you'll find it again.”

“A lot of what we know to be history isntit serves a purpose. Events are exaggerated, heroes fabricated, goals are rewritten to appear more noble than they actually were. All to manipulate public op...”

“struck. Once. And into that blow he put his childhood, his grief, his loss. He put his mothers sorrow and his sisters longing. The menorah, weighed down with that, crushed the Hermits skull.”

“But who can remember pain, once its over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.”

“I know what you are learning to endure. There is nothing to be done. Make sure nothing is wasted. Take notes. Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In lif...”

“My mind, I know, I can prove, hovers on hummingbird wings. It hovers and it churns. And when it's operating at full thrust, the churning does not stop. The machines do not rest, the systems rarely ...”