When Kino had finished, Juana came back to the fire and ate her breakfast. They had spoken once, but there is not need for speech if it is only a habit anyway. Kino sighed with satisfaction - and that was conversation.

I have wondered why is it that some people are less affected and torn by the verities of life and death that others.

The study of history, while it does not endow with prophecy, may indicate lines of probability.

There is comfort in routine.

... a man is a very important thing-maybe more important than a star.

But I have a new love for that glittering instrument, the human soul. It is a lovely and unique thing in the universe. It is always attacked and never destroyed - because 'Thou mayest.

Misfortune is a fact of nature acceptable to women, especially when it falls on other women.