But Doc had one mental habit he could not get over. When anyone asked a question, Doc thought he wanted to know the answer.

People need responsibility. They resist assuming it, but they cannot get along without it.

she knew she could help him best by being silent and by being near

Men don't get knocked out, or I mean they can fight back against big things. What kills them is erosion; they get nudged into failure. They get slowly scared.[...]It's slow. It rots out your guts.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much - make it greedy, miserable and sick.

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.