Must someone, some unseen thing, declare what is right for it to be right? I believe that my own morality - which answers only to my heart - is more sure and true than the morality of those who do right only because they fear retribution.

It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.

Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.

imaginary things were often the only items of real substance in people's lives.

How did men believe in something that preached love on one hand, yet taught destruction of unbelievers on the other? How did one rationalize belief with no proof? How could they honestly expect him to have faith in something that taught of miracles and wonders in the far past, but carefully gave excuses for why such things didn't occur in the present day?

Words are where most change begins.

Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.