“Knowledge doesn't fail us.”

“And as the Society reminds us, there's a difference between knowledge and technology. Knowledge doesn't fail us.”

“I don't know what happens after we die. It doesn't seem to me like there can be much past this. But I suppose I can conceive that what we make and do can last beyond us. Maybe in a different place, on another plane.”

“Ky still looks at me and I wonder for a moment if he is going to ask me what I am thinking about. But of course, he doesn't. He doesn't learn things by asking questions... He learns by watching.”

“You have intuition, too. The Society says it doesn't really exist, but it does.”

“He still thinks that knowing why might help. He doesn't yet know that the reason will never be good enough.”

“Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that.”