The universe is so arranged that the power to destroy the climate or the ecosystem of your home planet only comes when you also have the wisdom to know that doing so is a fatal...

I can’t feel too sorry for them. Every gift has to run out someday. Anyone but a child knows that.

The sea is very beautiful and gives us many things, but it must be understood and respected, or it will slap you …

No, I will finish what I started, here, at Glimpa’s Arch. The act belongs to me, the consequence, pleasing or not, belongs to the gods.

We only refer to sapient creatures as civilized when their society is willingly self-correcting. That means that any problem or imbalance that arises is fixed, and I mean really fixed – not ignored, not hidden,...

If you can’t see the feelings in a donkey, a ship, or a delicate tool, then it’s just as easy to not see them in your brother or sister when you can profit by treating...

I don’t think Tera is capable of working with you by her own choice, no matter how much grass you pull for her, no matter how much you brush her. I think she’s more like...

The world has many places that can make us uncomfortable. Calling them evil, or any other bad name, doesn’t make them go away.

On a ship, knowing when to be silent is just as important as knowing when to speak.