“On game shows, some people will take the trip to France, but most people will take the washer and dryer pair.”

“The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway.”

“The most important trip you take in life is meeting people half way.”

“So you're the winner of this game show," Seth says, "and you get a choice between a five-piece living room set from Broyhill, suggested retail price three thousand dollars— or—a ten-day trip to the old world charm of Europe." Most people, Seth says, would take the living room set. "It's just that people want something to show for their effort," Seth says. "Like the pharaohs and their pyramids.”

“I don't think most people take honest well. They prefer the games. They want to believe the pretty lies.”

“In Kilanga, people knew nothing of things they might have had - a Frigidaire? a washer-dryer combination? Really, they'd sooner imagine a tree that could pull up its feet and go bake bread. It didn't occur to them to feel sorry for themselves.”