“A child thinks life is fair. A man stands by the consequences of his deeds.”

“Every life has death and every light has shadow. Be content to stand in the light and let the shadow fall where it will.”

“Every man carries the seed of his own death, and you will not be more than a man. You will have everything; you cannot have more…”

“It did not occur to them to refuse. They knew that if you find some person or creature in desperate need of help which you can supply you have a human duty to supply it, even if it could inconvenience or even hurt you to do so. This, after all, is how the greatest and best deeds in the world have been done, and though the children did not say this aloud, they knew it inside themselves without even thinking about it.”

“If a man goes up into Parnassus after sunset, why should he not see strange things? The gods still walk there, and a man who would not go carefully in the country of the gods is a fool.”

“It is for you to choose. Choice is man's right, and for that I leave you free.”

“Life had stopped. Life would have to go on. Life went on, and in time the unbelievable began to happen; pleasure and happiness came back, and even joy. But love? Not again. I said it very firmly. Not again.”