“So think as if your every thought were to be etched in fire upon the sky for all and everything to see. For so, in truth, it is.”

“And why is it, thought Lara, that my fate is to see everything and take it all so much to heart?”

“Naturally, every age thinks that all ages before it were prejudiced, and today we think this more than ever and are just as wrong as all previous ages that thought so. How often have we not seen the truth condemned! It is sad but unfortunately true that man learns nothing from history.”

“Everything is so alive, that I can be alive. Without moving I can see it all. In your life I see everything that lives.”

“It doesn't matter," WisestFrog answered. "You knew that the thoughts were beneath you and you felt small. And here in the Land of the Gods, everything is so creative that your thoughts may give results you don't expect at all. But you really have no problem. Just think big yourself bigger. Go ahead, think a big thought.”

“There is no truth on this island of yours. Rather, there are as many truths as there are stars in the sky; and every one of them different.”

“It seems to me the charm of etching is the glimmering through of the white paper even in the shadows so that almost everything sparkles or suggest sparkles.”

“So on and on
we walked without thinking of rest
passing craters, passing fire,
under the rocking sky of '41
tottering crazy on its smoking columns.”

“Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.”

“How could you disguise your own thoughts so even you didn't know what you were thinking?”