There's lots of law these days, but not much justice.

Always, the eye sees more than the mind can comprehend, and we go through life self-blinded to much that lies before us. We want a simple world, but we live in a magnificently complex one, and rather than open ourselves to it, we perceive the world through filters that make it less daunting.

Loss is the hardest thing, I said. But it's also the teacher that's the most difficult to ignore.

The less depth a belief system has, the greater the fervency with which its adherents embrace it. The most vociferous, the most fanatical are those whose cobbled faith is founded on the shakiest grounds.

No, if there's any ultimate redemption, it would be because I passed though your life without scarring you, and did not diminish who you are.

There are no explanations for human evil. Only excuses.

She might have been born this way, without an empathy gene and other essentials. In that case, she would interpret any kindness as weakness. Among predatory beasts, any display of weakness is an invitation to attack.