“The trail of the human serpent is thus over everything.”

“‘Not everything that walks is a man,’” said the boulder conversationally, “‘and not everything that lies quiet is a stone,’ as the wolf remarked when the serpent bit him.”

“Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not forbidding the serpent; then he would have eaten the serpent.”

“Ever the wide world over, lass,
Ever the trail held true,
Over the world and under the world,
And back at the last to you.”

“It isn't all over; everything has not been invented; the human adventure is just beginning.”

“Confuse your trail, lose your trail.”

“Everything is connected. Concern for the environment thus needs to be joined to a sincere love for our fellow human beings and an unwavering commitment to resolving the problems of society.”

“(Sylvia) In the beginning Eve was alone in Eden. (Eve) Everything is so beautiful and amicable. (Serpent) I bet deep down, you wish you had an irritating companion.”

“The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast,
and you miss all you are traveling for.”

“Thus my life is a flight and I lose everything and everything belongs to oblivion, or to him.”