“Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are”

“Progress' constant companion is nostalgia for the way things used to be.”

“What does loss mean to individuals? What does it mean to whole cultures, whole people who have learned to live with it as a constant companion?”

“Do you know how, when you are on the verge of a breakdown, the world pounds in your ears; a rush of blood, of consequence? Do you now how it feels when the truth cuts your tongue to ribbons, and still you have to speak it?”

“So if you are the big tree, we are the small axe. Ready to cut you down, to cut you down.”

“Beauty and fear make uneasy companions”

“Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire brings a small amount of heat.”

“Death is our constant companion, and it is death that gives each person's life its true meaning.”

“Some find it strange to be here
On this small planet and who knows where…
But when it's strange and full of fear
It's nice to be on horseback.”

“Fear is good. In the right degree it prevents us from making fools of ourselves. But in the wrong measure it prevents us from fully living. Fear is our boon companion but never our master.”