“ Lloyd felt as though he had just lost the woman he loved more than everyone else on earth”

“and in that single moment she felt as though she had seen into his soul and the very heart of the the love he bore for her and their children”

“now he sensed that she was saying goodbye to him”

“Persuading everyone to behave decently to each other because the society is so fragile is a worthy goal, but it may be more straightforward just to make the societies less fragile, which means developing their economies.”

“There is nothing on earth that you cannot have once you have mentally accepted the fact that you can have it.”

“Just two choices on the shelf, pleasing God or pleasing self.”

“Most conduct is guided by norms rather than by laws. Norms are voluntary and are effective because they are enforced by peer pressure.”