It’s important that someone celebrate our existence," she objected amiably. "People are the only mirror we have to see ourselves in. The domain of all meaning. All virtue, all evil, are contained only in people. There is none in the universe at large. Solitary confinement is a punishment in every human culture.

My dinner party,' Miles grated. 'It's just breaking up.' And sinking. All souls feared lost.

You can say a lot in a little time, if you stick to words of one syllable.

Some people grow into their dreams, instead of out of them.

When the time comes to leap in faith whether you have your eyes open or closed or scream all the way down or not makes no practical difference.

I am not schizoid. A little manic-depressive, maybe." "'Know thyself.'" "We try, sir.

A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.