“--nor had I understood til then how the shameless vanity of utter fools can so strongly determine the fate of others”

“He was not a practical joke nor was he a fool but he was determinedly original and had a vague and modest idea of himself as a legendary figure.”

“I will not say that everything was utterly commonplace, becuase I doubt if anything can be that, except to utterly commonplace people - and there my vanity steps in...”

“I now understood darker emotions within themselves are not evil. It is the intent of the person who feels them that determines their fate. ~Nora~ The Light of Asteria”

“It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.”

“As is so often the case, the supposedly insignificant understood the psychology of the strong, while the strong didn't have a clue about the other.”