“So good.”

“For me to read a book is stillAnd always will be quite a thrill.For me to read a book is likeA boy when he rides his new two wheel bike.And when a bird comes north in springIt's natural for her to sing.I like to read books of poems and historyBooks of fiction and of mystery.And what is more, I'll read until I'm grownAnd then I'll write books of my own.”

“We're [Luxenbenites] not talking about the emotional drivel your romanticists have fantasized. We're talking about nature's actual laws. The hard and fast rules every species has to observe. The ones you've so scrupulously ignored.”

“But don't you also find it hard to accept that your [mankind's] attempts to solve your problems fail with predictable regularity? It seems to us [Luxenbenites] you would welcome an overall solution.”

“[man] "I had no idea becoming an animal was this much bother."[Luxander} "You've always been one, sir. It's making you an honest one that's creating the difficulty.”

“Isn't it okay to just be a good person and be who you are and not have to be great at something?”

“We are the living Scripture being written in our time, and it is in the grit of our lives that god writes His Eternal Love Story.”