“Enormous cemeteries existed among sedentary civilizations, where the weight of the past grew larger than any present time.”

“Most civilizations had more fiction than they did real history.”

“It is an edged cliché that the world is most pleasant in the years of a Waning Sun. It is true that the weather is not so driven, that everywhere there is a sense of slowing down, and most places experience a few years where the summers do not burn and the winters are not yet overly fierce. It is the classic time of romance. It's a time that seductively beckons higher creatures to relax, postpone. It's the last chance to prepare for the end of the world.”

“Once upon a time I was such a good liar; I could talk the fish right into my mouths.”

“Programming went back to the beginning of time. It was a little like the midden out back of his father's castle.”

“I never guessed I could cry so hard my face hurt.”

“The illusion of self-awareness. Happy automatons, running on trivial programs. I'll bet you never guess. From the inside, how can you?”