“I've found that putting one's person in peril is not nearly as frightening as putting one's heart at risk. In the former, one might endure a momentary injury. While with the latter there is the possibility of suffering a lifetime of loneliness and regret.”

“The risks involved in the pursuit of magic are--put simply--either getting frightened by unpleasant perceptions or becoming deluded. Unfortunately it is possible to suffer from both symptoms at the same time.”

“Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril. ”

“There are people one knows and people one doesn't. One shouldn't cheapen the former by feigning intimacy with the latter.”

“The difference between revolution and defiance is the difference between an overthrow of the existing order and one person's shaken fist. When the former isn't possible, you still have to hold on to the latter, if only so as to remember you're human.”

“Before putting yourself in peril, it is necessary to forsee and fear it; but when one is there, nothing remains but to despise it.”