The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the control of another puppeteer. If God created our will, then he's responsible for every choice we make.

The world is always a democracy in times of flux, and the man with the best voice will win.

The only way to retrieve a secret,once known, is to replace it with a lie.

Maybe she couldn't know who she was today. Maybe it was enough to know that she was no longer who she was before.

Andrew said you were the best person he ever knew." "He reached that conclusion before he saw me raise three barbarian children to adulthood. I understand your mother has six." "Right." "And you're the oldest." "Yes." "That's too bad. Parents always make their worst mistakes with the oldest children. That's when parents know the least and care the most, so they're more likely to be wrong and also more likely to insist that they're right.

Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be.

We have to go. I'm almost happy here.