The pitch to which he was aroused was tremendous. All the fighting blood of his breed was up in him and surging through him. This was living., though he did not know it. He was realizing his own meaning in the world; he was doing that for which he was made.... He was justifying his existence, than which life can do no greater; for life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.

Food and fire, protection and companionship, were some of the things he received from the god. In return, he guarded the god's property, defended his body, worked for him, and obeyed him.

Affluence means influence.

Not all the monsters have fangs.

Everything is good . . . as long as it is unpossessed. Satiety and possession are Death's horses they run in span.

A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.

Age is never so old as youth would measure it.