“The Thieves of Eddis don't have breaking points. We have flash points instead, like gunpowder.”

“Yeah, don't you take a break?''I don't have time for breaks.''That's the whole point of a break. When you've got no time, you need a break.”

“In a word, learning is decontextualized. We break ideas down into tiny pieces that bear no relation to the whole. We give students a brick of information, followed by another brick, followed by another brick, until they are graduated, at which point we assume they have a house. What they have is a pile of bricks, and they don't have it for long.”

“If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.”

“What's the point in having a mind if you don't use it to make judgements?""What's the point of having a heart if you don't use it to spare others from the harsh judgements of your mind?”

“Stories have no point if they don't absorb our terror.”