I'm not fond of cities: the constant activity and swarms of people.
Garden work clears the mind.
Change isn't always comfortable, but it is a fact of life.
A few hundred years ago there were no differences between magic and medicine.
The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark.
If you want something you can have it, but you have to do some work. It's the ethic my mother brought me up with.