“You know, once, Robert said, I was working in the shop, doing some repairs on a music box, and it was all going wrong. Da took me aside and told me to think of it like life: It looks complicated wh...”

“No one conquers fear easily, Robert. It takes a brave heart to win great battles.”

“The souls a matter of the heart, Robert, and the hearts a mystery even the greatest scientists dont understand.”

“The Kraken was somewhat obsessed with posture. As for Lily, she barely gave it a second thought. In her opinion it was better to read books than balance them. Thats what they were designed for, aft...”

“You know, once,” Robert said, “I was working in the shop, doing some repairs on a music box, and it was all going wrong. Da took me aside and told me to think of it like life: ‘It looks complicated...”

“The soul’s a matter of the heart, Robert, and the heart’s a mystery even the greatest scientists don’t understand.”

“Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.”

“I know that the whole pointthe only pointis tofind the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse tolet them go.”

“No one lived forever. But you fought for every minute you could get. Bought a little more with a lot of hard work.”

“When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders'.”

“Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.”

“Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.”