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

“No, this isn't right. I don't think the people doing it know or care about right and wrong. This is all some kind of show, but I don't understand it either.”

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

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

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

“I'm just a girl trying to learn where to put my feet ... and where not to.”

“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 ... a three or four-year-old child, and you are her mother. Mothers must be firm with their children, sometimes make them do what needs to be done, sometimes even punish them.”

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

“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, and not passed off to a future generation.”

“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.”

“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 them badly.”