“Being hated by the right people was no impediment to success. The unpolished were everywhere the majority.”

“Major Major had lied, and it was good. He was not really surprised that it was good, for he had observed that people who did lie were, on the whole, more resourceful and ambitious and successful than people who did not lie.”

“It seems people spend the majority of their lives believing they're dying, with the only consolation being that at one point they get to be right. ”

“Unlike the majority of people, he did not hate or fear the wilderness; as harsh as the empty lands were, they possessed a grace and a beauty that no artifice could compete with and that he found restorative.”

“When you have failed at being nice, you’ve actually succeeded in being mean. Success is everywhere if you know where to look for it.”

“People existed, however, who believed that closet racist were everywhere around them. They needed to believe this in order to have prupose and meaning in their lives, and to have someone to hate.”