I wondered for a frightening moment how I dared to make such a decision for the whole world, without consulting anyone else. Then I laughed at myself. It was a little too late to wonder if I ought to play god. The game was already over

Once someone honestly believes something to be a fact, he'll never doubt it without pretty convincing evidence

Savanna had said, 'Come back soon. Come back while you're still young enough to want me. For I'm going to be young forever' I wasn't young anymore, not by any …

People's beliefs don't exist in isolation. Everyone's firmly held beliefs exert an enormous pressure on everyone else

A rule of thumb for a warrior is that he makes his decisions so carefully that nothing that may happen as a result of them can surprise him, much less drain hi…

I believe that the gods themselves are frightened of the world which they have fashioned.

Things omitted are often more deadly than errors committed.