“She shrugged. "Ownership is a fragile concept.”

“She could not help but feel that paying money to take ownership of a living organism was inappropriate.”

“Liking is probably the best form of ownership, and ownership the worst form of liking.”

“Socialism tends to destroy wealth. Socialism does this by drainingits vitality away. It does this by destroying the desirability of wealthas a wholesome value. Socialism kills the chance that any communitycan survive by browbeating the concept of vested ownership, onwhich community survival is always dependent in the end.”

“Bit by bit, at 124 and in the Clearing, along with others, she had claimed herself. Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”

“The princess is strong. And because she's strong, she's fragile. If somebody doesn't teach her that fact, she'll break.”