“If you would understand a people, look at them through the eyes of the poet, the musician and the artist.”

“Oh, come on. You eye-hump him all through British History.”

“If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.”

“There are some people that you cannot change, you must either deal with them or leave them alone.”

“ 'Yes, we rather condemn people for eternity without the courtesy of informing them.' ”

“Every scientific truth goes through three stages. First, people say it conflicts with the Bible. Second, they say it has been discovered before. Last, they say they always believed it.”

“[May] understood people and she let them be whatever way they needed to be. She had faith in every single person she ever met, and this never failed her, for nobody ever disappointed May. Seems people knew she saw the very best of them, and they'd turn that side to her to give her a better look.”