“From the mouths of the innocents flows truth.”

“Honor from death, I snap, is a myth. Invented by the war torn to make sense of the horrific. If we die, it will be so that others may live. Truly honorable death, the only honorable death, is one t...”

“The mind of God is a mystery and none can understand it.”

“I loved and lost and survived.”

“Walking away from my desert companions feels like cutting off a limb. How does one say good-bye to an arm? One doesn't, I suppose. One pretends it isn't happening.”

“Cosm is in constant attendance. Though no one will take Aneaxis place, Cosm is the most efficient maid Ive ever had. I tell her so, frequently, and it gives me such a twist of pleasure to watch her...”

“An extended hand is the best weapon against a clenched fist.”

“If you want your life to stand for peace and kindness, it's helpful to do kind, peaceful things.”

“Demonstrating verbal kindness looks better on everyone know matter what the situation. There's a peace in the heart of the kind person who handles everything with love.”