“Crockery broke and fabric frayed. The delicate things I cared about perished, while the hard things like swords survived.”
“I think the oddest thing about the advanced people is that, while they are always talking about things as problems, they have hardly any notion of what a real problem is.”
“Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.”
“It's hard to make strangers care about the good things in your life.”
“I thought about all the things I was suddenly able to do—like fight with a sword and summon a magical shell of armor. Those were not things I covered in home school.”
“I don't care if they eat me alive, I've got better things to do than survive.”