And in the manner of this ideal we strive, though even that not too onerously. For piety itself may be used to make a chain about the soul. - Tanith Lee

It was as easy to be alone with six kin as it is to be alone by yourself, and maybe easier.

In our place, we can hardly go backward, but neither should we ignore the nakedness of humanity before the huge-wheeled vehicle of progress. We have too much to give, and far too much to learn, to throw ourselves away.

He has been described as having a dancer’s body, a wrestler’s shoulders, a pianist’s hands, the legs of a marathon runner, the face of a young god, and the hair of a Renaissance prince. None of these descriptions seemed, to the off-hand observer, to be inaccurate.