“You, little blank slate,on which we write our misfortune,learn the lesson for today:you are rare enough to be stolen.”

“We are here to inscribe ourselves on the universe, and it is not inappropriate to remind ourselves of this when blank slates are given us.”

“People today will have you believing life is a blank slate upon which you can write anything at all--this is poetic, even romantic. Unfortunately, it's also a lie, because life exists in, is bound by, shaped by, controlled by, and functions within a construct. Attempt to function outside that construct, or bend it to our will, or remove it completely, and you throw all of society into chaos. We're seeing that now.Like it or not, birds don't fly upside down...and neither can we.”

“What we need,' Henry says, 'is a fresh start. A blank slate. Let's call her Tabula Rasa.”

“You must learn to love only that which cannot be stolen.”

“we tend to steer our lives in the direction of the lessons we need to learn”