Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.

There are decades in the making of the one man of renown; Multitudes that go unnoticed who must wreathe for him a crown.

My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me.

Anger has its place, but it will not serve you here, the way of the warrior is the way of knowing. Of that knowledge requires you to use anger, then you use anger, but you cannot wrest forth knowledge by losing your temper.

It is better to be taught to think critically than to be told on what to believe.

It is a better world. A place where we ate responsible for our actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and becauseit is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment.

And the ship sailed onward, gliding serenely down the moonlit river toward the dark lands beyond.