But This Was No Ordinary Chicken. This

I Will Have To Admit, Though, That I Will Never Look At An Apple In Quite The Same Way.

Books Served To Keep Hard-won Knowledge Safe. They Endured.

Faith And Feelings Are The Warm Marrow Of Evil. Unlike Reason, Faith And Feelings Provide No Boundary To Limit Any Delusion, Any Whim. They Are Virulent Poison, Giving The Numbing Illusion Of Moral Sanction To Every Depravity Ever Hatched. Faith And Feelings Are The Darkness To Reason’s Light. Reason Is The Very Substance Of Truth Itself. The Glory That Is Life Is Wholly Embraced Through Reason. In Rejecting It, In Rejecting Reason, One Embraces Death.

...wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind What People Do, Not Only What They Say, For Deeds Will Betray A Lie.

To The Right Person, The Person Who Is Truly Born To It, Duty Is A Form Of Love, Through Which All Is Possible. Duty Is Not Always A Denial Of Things, But An Expansion Of Them To Others. Duty Is Not Always A Chore, But Is Best Carried Out With Love.