“Sometimes, Stukeley wondered if the captain, in spite of his considerable powers, was blessed with the memory of a goldfish.”
“Was memory always as much of a burden as it could sometimes be a blessing.”
“Sometimes wisdom came from strange places, even from giant teenaged goldfish.”
“God withholds blessing only in wisdom, never in spite or aloofness.”
“Aye, Captain. I have a good memory. Except for the amnesia.”
“There is not a day or night but a doe offers her life for her kittens, or some honest captain of Owsla his life for his Chief Rabbit's. Sometimes it is taken, sometimes it is not. But there is no bargain, for here, what is, is what must be.”