“There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a chi...” — John Irving Quote

“There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep.”

“Don't forget this, too: Rumors aren't interested in the unsensational story; rumors don't care what's true.”

“Many things the gods achieve beyond our judgement,'" said the sorrowful girl. "'What we thought is not confirmed and what we thought not God contives.”