What we individually deserve isn't as much as what we collectively merit. - C. J. Cherryh

It’s the being there; the working of it; the feel of moving through what could surprise you at any moment. It’s being a dust speck in that scale and pushing your way through all that Empty on your own terms, that no world can do and nothing spinning around one.

If I can make you angry... I have passed your guard again. I have given you something to think about besides the Game

Belief... was its own magic-so long as it was carefully placed, often examined, like a bridge kept in careful repair.