Sometimes I wish they'd ask for my wisdom more often - there are so many things I could tell them; things I wish they would change. But they don't want change. Life here is so orderly, so predictable - so painless. It's what they've chosen.

I feel sorry for anyone who is in a place where he feels strange and stupid.

It is so good to have friends who understand how there is a time for crying and a time for laughing, and that sometimes the two are very close together.

He wept, and it felt as if the tears were cleansing him, as if his body needed to empty itself.

What's important is the preparation for adult life, and the training you'll receive in your Assignment.

That's why they call you Seer. You see more than most.

She fell asleep, and it was a sleep as thin as the night clouds, dotted with dreams that came and went like the stars.