Don't worry. You're safe now. You've got nothing left to steal.

Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the fact that someday their lives will end.

What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts.

Myth is, after all, the neverending story.

But what force in the galaxy is stronger than she is?" "Indifference." Jerusha surprised herself with the answer. "Indifference, Gundhalinu, is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it. It lets neglect and decay and monstrous injustice go unchecked. It doesn't act, it allows. And that's what gives it so much power.

Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it.

Real power is control. Knowing that you can do anything...and not doing it only because you can.