The nature of the world is to be calm, and enhance and support life, and evil is an absence of the inclination of matter to be at peace.

Galinda didn't often stop to consider whether she believed in what she said or not; the whole point of conversations was flow.

The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance; some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase.

Yes, I'm nervous. You'll find in time most people are. They simply learn better how to disguise it, and sometimes, if they're wise, how to use their anxiety to serve the public good.

...perhaps charity is the kind of beauty that we comprehend the best because we miss it the most.

Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless youre really depressed or something, the person in the mirror generally looks a little more competent, a little more curious, a little more intelligent than you actually feel yourself to be? They often look more interesting and more soulful.

He knew about being alone. The weather was always cold there.