“Sometimes the hardest things to believe are the only things worth believing at al.”

“And power without compassion is the worst kind of evil there is.”

“As a scholar, it was her job to see things in relationship to other things; the only thing she couldn't see in a relationship was herself.”

“It is our ability to love that makes us most like the Creator…but to love in the face of loss and pain makes us more like God than ever.”

“You love with a fierce courage that I do not understand, and yet I wish that I could have it too.”

“The Giant rested back in his chair. "You've some stories left," he said. " I can smell them on your skin.”

“Those of us who had a perfectly happy childhood should be able to sue for deprivation of literary royalties.”