“I hate being lost.”

“I usually say mapmaker, and let the smarty pants say ‘cartographer’ because they’ve watched Jeopardy. ”

“The world seems to be divided between people who like maps and those who don’t.”

“I’m not trying to evoke emotions in the reader. My job is to bring about an understanding through pictures.”

“All things resist destruction, according to their capacity. Rocks, pebbles, diamonds. Unity is instinctive to being.”

“It's okay, you can do it. Because I am playing with myself as I write this, I hope you're doing the same as you read it. Otherwise there's not much point. Go ahead. Don't be shy or modest, prudish or self-conscious. That's it. It feels nice, doesn't it?”

“I am not tormented, Fern responded. I am... diminished. I have always believed that your soul grows when you do something that is good and brave, a right thing, a true thing, and when you do evil- no matter what the motive- your soul is eroded. Well, my soul is less.”