“Redwing had read somewhere that one of his favourite writers, Ernest Hemingway, had been asked what was the best training for a novelist. He had said an unhappy childhood. Redwing had enjoyed a fin...”

“Humans and animals regard each other across a gulf of mutual incomprehension. With aliens, that has to go double.”

“The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour.”

“Life is a journey with almost limitless detours.”

“It was kind of like what I imagined it would be like to drink a forest fire.”

“If you want to be happy, work with all your heart.”

“I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.”

“I feel like Ive been split open and stuffed with sunshine.”

“From the moment you realize, I am the most worthless person in this world; you become valuable.”

“No matter what the other person says, then take the bottom line out of it, everything in this world is vyavasthit [result of scientific circumstantial evidences]. So dont tell anyone, you did wrong...”

“To discover the exact location of a 'thing' is a simple matter of factual research. To discover the exact location of a person: where to locate the self?”