“Do you not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?”
“Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is doing it.”
“He may not have said the words, but I know my son. I saw the way he looked at you.""How?""Like he'd do murder for you.”
“The boy who was taken," she said. "Is he your son?""How old do you think I am, Dweller?""I'm a little shaky on the fossil record, but I'd say fifty to sixty thousand years.""Eighteen. And no. He's not my son.”
“Wisdom is knowing what to do with what you know.”
“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.”