The visible world was only an imperfect reflection of the Ideal, which the Philosopher sought to transcend.

I cannot regret it. They tell us in the temple that true joy is found only in freedom from the Wheel that is death and rebirth, that we must come to despise earthly joy and suffering, and long only for the peace of the presence of the eternal. Yet I love this life on Earth, Morgan, and I love you with a love that is stronger than death, and if sin is the price of binding us together, life after life across the ages, then I will sin joyfully and without regret, so that it brings me back to you, my beloved!

The older I grow the more I become certain that it makes no difference what words we use to tell the same truths.

The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.

And I must believe that man has the power to know the right, to choose between good and evil and know that his choice has made a difference.

I wasn't a child at 13, were you?

There are ignorant priests and ignorant people, who are all too ready to cry sorcery if a woman is only a little wiser than they are!