“Once it was necessary that the people should multiply and be fruitful if the race was to survive. But now to preserve the race it is necessary that people hold back the power of propagation.”

“Having people in different optimal environments increases the chances of survival of the human race as a whole. It is nature's way to preserve her species.”

“More and more people back then, and not just Andrew MacIntosh, had found ensuring the survival of the human race a total bore.”

“I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccesful rebellions indeed generally establish the incroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions, as not to discourage them too much. It is a medecine necessary for the sound health of government.”

“ A true writer should be able to write about any color. It's the story they tell that should affect people, not the race.”

“Saints cannot exist without a community, as they require, like all of us, nurturance by a people who, while often unfaithful, preserve the habits necessary to learn the story of God.”