A dying people tolerates the present, rejects the future, and finds its satisfactions in past greatness and half remembered glory

The warfare between the unaroused male and female is constant and ferocious. Each blames the other for his loss of soul.

And when that crop grew, and was harvested, no man had crumbled a hot clod in his fingers and let the earth sift past his fingertips. No man had touched the seed, or lusted for the growth. Men ate what they had not raised, had no connection with the bread. The land bore under iron, and under iron gradually died; for it was not loved or hated, it had no prayers or curses.

Orange and speckled and fluted nudibranchs slide gracefully over the rocks, their skirts waving like the dresses of Spanish dancers.

I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. A confused people can make no clear demands.

An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion.

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