...righteousness [is] always more believable when combined with dreariness.

Forgive me....I called you an idiot. I spoke too hastily. You are not. Had I given it more thought, I would have called you a scoundrel.

Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it's one of many ways to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships.

The journey is the treasure.

A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.

A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.

Count the deed, not the thought.