“Right is right, even if you're alone.”

“In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammed was 'Read.”

“Her library is a meeting place for all who love books. They discuss matters of the world and matters of the spirit.”

“Sometimes you had to be who you were and endure what happened to you, and to you alone, before you could understand the first thing about it.”

“whenever Treadway was emotionally tired, he went to bed even earlier than usual, using sleep like a kind of temporary, convenient death.”

“There is nothing worse than a proud stoic. -- The Big Why”

“Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame, a grave to rest in, and a fading name!”