“Rumors alone can cause his family grief. It just isn't fair to compromise a person's reputation.”

“...no man can cause more grief than the one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancesters.”

“There were rumors and jokes and casual remarks made about him, and the bishop and his staff were content to allow Joshua's reputation to be determined by these remarks. It showed the poverty of their concern for the real life of the community and the little value they placed on reputations.”

“My reputation as a ladies' man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone.”

“To think about fairness, think of economic life as a game - a serious game. All ideas about fairness can be divided into two broad groups. They are:- It isn't fair if the result isn't fair.- It isn't fair if the rules aren't fair.”

“Despite rumor, Death isn't cruel--merely terribly, terribly good at his job.”