“Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.”

“Life's a forge! Yes, and hammer and anvil, too! You'll be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and you'll scarce know what's happening to you. But stand boldly to it! Metal's worthless till it's shaped and tempered! More labor than luck. Face the pounding, don't fear the proving; and you'll stand well against any hammer and anvil.”

“Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before.”

“No matter what has happened, you're not a pig-boy; you're an Assistant Pig Keeper!”

“I have never known courage to be judged by the length of a man's hair. Or, for the matter of that, whether he has any hair at all.”

“...Writings can be stolen, or changed, or used for evil purposes. But isn't the risk worth taking? The more people who share knowledge, the greater safeguard for it. Isn't there more danger in ignorance than knowledge?”

“If a storyteller worried about the facts - my dear Lucian, how could he ever get at the truth?”