Saying 'I could have done more,' Zin, is what marks a man as a man and not a God.

Where no paths exist, a man strays only when he misses his destination. There is no crime, no transgression, no sin save foolishness or incompetence, and no obscenity save the tyranny of custom.

Saying 'I could have done more,' Zin, is what marks a man as a man and not a God.

I remeber asking a wise man, once . . . 'Why do Men fear the dark?' . . . 'Because darkness' he told me, 'is ignorance made visable.' 'And do Men despise ignorance?' I asked. 'No,' he said, 'they prize it above all things--all things!--but only so long as it remains invisible.

Doubt begets understanding, and understanding begets compassion. Verily, it is conviction that kills.

Here we find further argument for Gotagga’s supposition that the world is round. How else could all men stand higher than their brothers?

I wanted a literate, socially intricate, and cosmopolitan world - something I could have fun destroying.