There is another consequence of any belief in a single god, and that is that it is a very good excuse for people to behave very badly.

For a human being, nothing comes naturally,' said Grumman. 'We have to learn everything we do.

All stories teach, whether the storyteller intends them to or not. They teach the world we create. They teach the morality we live by. They teach it much more effectively than moral precepts and instructions.

We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of #‎ libraries it opens, not the number it closes down.

Seems to me-" Lee said, feeling for the words, "seems to me the place you fight cruelty is where you find it, and the place you give help is where you see it needed.

You cannot change what you are, only what you do.

No,' he said, 'memory's a poor thing to have. It's your own real hair and mouth and arms and eyes and hands I want. I didn't know I could ever love anything so much.