“There is nothing we need to do that isn't dangerous.”

“Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.”

“So maybe the difference isn't language. Maybe it's this: animals do neither good nor evil. They do as they must do. We may call what they do harmful or useful, but good and evil belong to us, who chose to choose what we do. The dragons are dangerous, yes. They can do harm, yes. But they're not evil. They're beneath our morality, if you will, like any animal. Or beyond it. They have nothing to do with it. We must choose and choose again. The animals need only be and do. We're yoked, and they're free. So to be with an animal is to know a little freedom...”

“If what we are doing isn't enough for you, I need you to tell me now.”

“Sometimes what we want isn't what we need.”

“It is a dangerous notion that we need a government to protect us from ourselves.”