A fallow field is a sin.

It’s a hard thing to leave any deeply routine life, even if you hate it.

You're getting well,' Samuel said. 'Some people think it's an insult to the glory of their sickness to get well. But the time poultice is no respecter of glories. Everyone gets well if he waits around.

With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.

It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another-but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.

It is astounding to find that the belly of every black and evil thing is as white as snow. And it is saddening to discover how the concealed parts of angels are leporous.