Nothing spoils idle pleasure like too much awareness

There's more to clothing than just adornment. It does more than merely change how the world perceives us. It changes how we perceive ourselves.

Genius requires an audience.

Yes my lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers

It is a comfort, in anguish, to be reminded of the scale of one's own troubles against the mighty breadth of the world.

That was the problem ... with trusting to the written word ... We were human, mortal and fallible. We forgot, we made errors, argued ambiguities, and twisted meanings to suit our own ends. And in doing so, mayhap we reshaped the gods themselves.

What's the point of being a grown-up if you can't indulge the kid inside you every now and then?