“I’ve always regretted not having a brother. Maybe I shouldn’t.” “For me it’s always been like having pubic… — James Morrow

“Zolmec,” said Nazra, “has always taught that the greatest words are ‘I could very well be wrong.’”

It was not a question of regressive old ideas versus enlightened new ideas, but of reasonable caution versus arrogant caprice.

Children, being close to the ground, have a special rapport with insects.