“What's dangerous in the hands of the multitudes, he said, with what may or may not have been irony, is safe enough for those whose motives are...Beyond reproach, I said.He nodded gravely. Impossible to tell whether or not he meant it.”
“I like you," he said.He made it sound as if she was bound to disagree with him. She nodded. His face said he was telling her something very important.He said, "I mean it. Whatever happens, you have to believe that.”
“Anil may have been human, but he thought like Rrilk," Phiirr said. "And I never found out what a Twinkie was.”
“But a man may then imagine in your work what he pleases, what you never meant!"Not what he pleases, but what he can.”
“But I could never have done it," he objected, "without everyone else's help.""That may be true," said Reason gravely,"but you had the courage to try; and what you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.”
“But I could never have done it," he objected, "without everyone else's help.""That may be true," said Reason gravely, "but you had the courage to try; and what you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.”