“American natives were thought to be a simple, malleable people who, once they came to understand the benefits of European faith and civilization, would embrace them.”

“Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.”

“If love was a choice, who would ever choose such exquisite pain?”

“Most people do not see the world as it is. They see it as they are”

“When a woman who has much to say says nothing, her silence can be deafening.”

“Life is about the good and the bad. Good is easy. Bad is hard. Finding a way to make good from the bad is the secret. The few who discover the ability within themselves--nothing can stand in their way of happiness.”

“As they prepared themselves to go ashore no one doubted in theory that at least a certain percentage of them would remain on the island dead, once they set foot on it. But no one expected to be one of these. Still it was an awesome thought and as the first contingents came struggling up on deck in full gear to form up, all eyes instinctively sought out immediately this island where they were to be put, and left, and which might possibly turn out to be a friend's grave.”