Things change whether you want them to, or not--unless you are dead. Don't hold so hard to the past that you die with it.

He had lived a very long time, and only since he gained Anna had he learned to fear. He’d discovered that he had never been brave before—just indifferent. She had taught him that to be brave, you have to fear losing something.

Americans in particular are oddly innocent in their faith that science holds explanations for everything.

I was too busy fighting the river to worry about adjusting my beliefs in accordance to reality.

If creation was given no limit, ultimately everything would cease to exist.

I hope this means you'll quit asking me to kill you. It gives me indigestion.

All life is rife with possibilities. Seeds have possibilities, but all their tomorrows are caught by the patterning of their life cycle. Animals have possibilities that are greater than that of a fir tree or a blade of grass. Still, though, for most animals, the pattern of instinct, the patterns of their lives, are very strong. Humanity has a far greater range of possibilities, especially the very young. Who will children grow up to be? Who will they marry, what will they believe, what will they create? Creation is a very powerful seed of possibility.