I have never resisted the lord in my life, and I never will. But I'm not so hungry for dialogue with him that I have to make up his part as well as my own.

It's easy to manipulate your children when they're absolutely sure you're stupid.

A weak King must be what other Kings have been; a strong King is himself, and from then on the meaning of the name of King is changed.

Intellectual understanding does not always bring visceral belief.

I don't believe that there are aliens. I believe there are really different people.

Being young is an 18 year prison sentence for a crime your parents committed. But you do get time off for good behavior.

As he thought of it, though, he could not imagine what “just living” might actually be. He had never done it in his life. But he wanted to do it anyway.