People wanted the world to be a story, because stories had to sound right and they had to make sense. People wanted the world to make sense.

One day I'll be dead and THEN you'll all be sorry.

YOU MUST LEARN THE COMPASSION PROPER TO YOUR TRADE" "And what's that?" "A SHARP EDGE.

You did something because it had always been done, and the explanation was, ‘But we’ve always done it this way.’ A million dead people can’t have been wrong, can they?

When in doubt, choose to live.

Susan says, don't get afraid, get angry.

Hat = wizard, wizard = hat. Everything else is frippery.