“If we never ask questions, we never get answers. If we never get answers, we never progress.”

“We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species.”

“God will answer you prayers better than you think. Of course, one will not always get exactly what he has asked for....We all have sorrows and disappointments, but one must never forget that, if commended to God, they will issue in good....His own solution is far better than any we could conceive.”

“We never shape the world . . . the world shapes us.”

“[...] But this will not do. No, thiswill never do. There arecontinents and shores whichbeseech our understanding.Seldom have we been so slow.Seldom have we been so far.My only wish is to seeFar Arden again.”

“We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.”

“Sometimes, you get answers to questions you never thought to ask. And sometimes, the answers make you wish you hadn’t asked the questions in the first place.”