“It was mostly sweet," he whispered, "and you were the sweetest of all.”

“Then, as his planet killed him, it occurred to Kynes that his father and all the other scientists were wrong, that the most persistent principles of the universe were accident and error.”

“The day hums sweetly when you have enough bees working for you.”

“A voice hissed: "He sheds tears!"It was taken around the ring "Usal gives moisture to the dead!"He felt fingers touch his damp cheek, heard the awed whispers.”

“If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets.”

“You are a child seeking to be a man. When you are a man, you will seek in vain for the child you were.”

“I live in an apocalyptic dream. My steps fit into it so precisely that I fear most of all I will grow bored reliving the thing so exactly.”