“He claimed that nearby gun thunder cleared the mind - but most everybody else agreed it made you daft.”

“Most civilizations had more fiction than they did real history.”

“Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change.”

“The essence of real creativity is a certain playfulness, a flitting from idea to idea without getting bogged down by fixated demands. Of course, you dont always get what you thought you were asking...”

“Sometimes the biggest disasters aren't noticed at all - no one's around to write horror stories.”

“Funny how Underhill could get along with almost anyone, tuning down his manias to whatever the traffic would bear.”

“Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tem...”

“You never require a teacher to lead you into the wrong path, but you do require a kindly word to conduct you aright.”

“He traced a line in the dirt with his toe. This is a battlefield. Has been since Cain killed Abel. And dont let it get complicated. Gray it aint. Its black and white. Good versus evil. You might as...”

“Today I want to belong. I want to feel safe and at home. I want to be aware of what it is like simply to be, without defenses or desires. I will appreciate the flow of life for what it is-my own tr...”

“Nature reflects the moods of the wizard.”

“My calling ties me to no office, makes me no man's slave, compels me to no action which my soul condemns. It sets me free from town life, which I loathe; and allows me to breathe clean air, to exer...”