“It seems to me that being the right size for your world-- and knowing that both you and your world are not by any means fixed dimensions-- is a valuable clue to learning how to live.”

“What can you do when you don't fit in? What can you do when life seems to be passing you by?""Follow me. I want to show you something. See the horizon over there? See how big this world is? See how much room there is for everybody? Have you ever seen any other worlds?""No.""As far as you know, this is the only world there is, right?""Right.""There are no other worlds for you to live in, right?""Right.""You were born to live in this world, right?""Right.""WELL LIVE IN IT THEN! Five cents please.”

“Cam’s face reddened. “You try faling for nine days through multiple dimensions and trilions of miles, landing on your face, breaking your wings, roling around concussed for who knows how long, wandering the desert for decades looking for any clue as to who or what or where you are—and then talk to me about the old memorizer.”

“When another recognizes you, that recognition draws the dimension of Being more fully into this world through both of you. That is the love that redeems the world.”

“There is a moment in your 20s when you know what it means to love rightly, but not how to do it, and then you begin to learn.”

“The hardest thing in the world to do is to write straight honest prose on human beings. First you to know the subject; then you have to know how to write. Both take a lifetime to learn...”