“No human could withstand a Guardian’s warning glare.”
“John had dreamed so long and hard of this place that he had hoped it right out of existence. Probably no place in the world could withstand such an assault of human wishing.”
“Love is the great test of the human. The human is tested by our ability to withstand love. Love is so difficult, it is so challenging, it demands of us that we wreck it with ourselves. It demands of us an honesty that few of us could sustain.”
“If she could give love to IT perhaps it would shrivel up and die, for she was sure that IT could not withstand love.”
“But the greatest wisdom could be blinded by the glare of vanity.”
“How could sincerity be a condition of friendship? A liking for the truth at all costs is a passion that spares nothing and that nothing can withstand.”