Time is more complex near the sea than in any other place, for in addition to the circling of the sun and the turning of the seasons, the waves beat out the passage of time on the rocks and the tides rise and fall as a great clepsydra.

To a monster the norm must seem monstrous, since everyone is normal to himself.

And their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls as they collected jewels.

The last clear definite function of men—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man.

We gather our arms full of guilt as though it were precious stuff. It must be that we want it that way.

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do...Try to be better than yourself.

Some people there are who, being grown; forget the horrible task of learning to read. It is perhaps the greatest single effort that the human undertakes, and he must do it as a child.