[T]he scripture worshippers put the writings ahead of God. Instead of interpreting God's actions in nature, for example, they interpret nature in the light of the Scripture. Nature says the rock is billions of years old, but the book says different, so even though men wrote the book, and God made the rock and God gave us minds that have found ways to tell how old it is, we still choose to believe the Scripture.

To me, fantasy has always been the genre of escape, science fiction the genre of ideas. So if you can escape and have a little idea as well, maybe you have some kind of a cross-breed between the two.

I tell you, lad, that men will believe is one says, "The Gods say..." They will believe if one says, "I had a Vision..." They will believe if one says, "It was told me on a tablet of hidden gold..." But, if one says, "History teaches," then they will not believe.

We live in a time like dreaming.... The edges of our lives flutter and change as we watch them. Listen to the dream.

What do I have to say to the universe? A soul ought to have something to say to the universe if it's going to be immortal.

Boys play with death as though it were a game, cutting their teeth on daggers.

I'm not sure a world run by women would be any better. They're human beings!