“Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.”

“I am ignoring you. In fact, I think you are a figment of my imagination.”

“There's lots of kinds of chains...You can't see most of them, the ones that bind folks together. But people build them, link by link. Sometimes the links are weak...That's another funny thing, now that I think of it. Sometimes when you mend a chain, the place where you fix it is strongest of all.”

“Nothing you love is lost. Not really. Things, people—they always go away, sooner or later. You can’t hold them, any more than you can hold moonlight. But if they’ve touched you, if they’re inside you, then they’re still yours. The only things you ever really have are the ones you hold inside your heart.”

“Still, the painful death of that unicorn had been satisfying to watch”

“Luster, bring me home.”

“How in the world do you tellyour wife that her mother was born a unicon?”