“black evil is outlined clearest to our eyes by the blaze of virtue”

“Look at the sky. It’s not dark and black and without character. The black is, in fact deep blue. And over there: lighter blue and blowing through the blues and blackness the winds swirling through the air and then shining, burning, bursting through: the stars! And you see how they roar their light. Everywhere we look, the complex magic of nature blazes before our eyes.”

“Though cast away am I from the heart of my city, black tears dribble from mine eyes at the sight of the fearful trail blazing towards her gates!”

“Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls.”

“Virtue is imaginative. Evil, repetitive.”

“Livia’s nickname for him was Green Eyes, as his were spectacular—the clearest jade and almost glowing.”