Richard

“All things cyclical sustain hope.
All things cyclical imply futility.”
― Brian Daley, A Tapestry of Magics

“A change of heart isn’t really sufficient recompense for a great sin. It has to be affirmed by some kind of repentant action or the mind can’t purge the guilt, and if we try to deny this, then the soul finds its own penance.”
― Julian May, The Adversary

“People are the only mirror we have to see ourselves in. The domain of all meaning. All virtue, all evil, are contained only in people. There is none in the universe at large.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Mirror Dance

“Religion is what you sing on Sunday. Your true faith is what you want all week.”
― Parke Godwin, Waiting for the Galactic Bus