The worst predijudice is unknowing. We think we treat others as equals, but, in our deepest heart, we regard ourselves as superior. In part, this is because we are, in ways, powerful. But that does not make the race of humans (funanga) better than that of the dog or equine.

Many truths which are not believed are called lies,' the Laughing Beast said. 'Mirrors do not themselves lie unless they have been enchanted. Ordinary mirrors merely reflect what is revealed to them. People lie and mirrors reflect people. If your mother feared mirrors in your land, she feared herself.

Sometimes I am afraid for people like you who have to know things. Your kind will dig and hunt and worry at it until one day you will find what is hidden, waiting for you.

Sometimes success demands a certain refined insanity.

Impatience is not the least of your faults, Malik, it is a kind of greed and someday it may see you undone.

Don't you understand that wanting does not belong here, because that is what wounds, and there is never an end to it.

‎It is better to pursue a hopeless hope than to give in to black despair.