"I am to suffer hell without any account of heaven? In that case, what is the purpose of reason, Richard Parker? Is it no more than to shine at practicalities -- the getting of food, clothing, and shelter? Why can't reason give greater answers? Why can we throw a question further than we can pull in an answer?" (98)
"Come aboard if your destination is oblivion -- it should be our next stop" (99).
"When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival" (120).
"I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion" (123).
"Oncoming death is terrible enough, but worse still is oncoming death with time to spare, time in which all the happiness that was yours and all the happiness that might have been yours becomes clear to you" (147).
"If your fear becomes a wordless darkness that you avoid, perhaps even manage to forget, you open yourself to further attacks of fear because you never truly fought the opponent who defeated you" (162).
"Despair, a foe even more formidable than a tiger" (164).
"If you have the will to live, you will" (167).
"To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one's life away" (169).
WRITE OF A PAST WORLD 50-100 YEARS AFTER A PARADIGM SHIFT.
"Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love" (208).
"At moments of wonder, it is easy to avoid small thinking, to entertain thoughts that span the universe, that capture both thunder and tinkle, thick and thin, the near and the far" (233).
"I sang that tree's glory, its solid, unhurried purity, its slow beauty. Oh, that I could be like it, rooted to the ground but with my every hand raised up to God in praise!" (260)
"The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar" (283).
"Where we can, we must give things a meaningful shape....It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse" (285).
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