"Respect the people you lie to, Tao had taught her. Steal from them long enough, and you will begin to understand them."
""People", Shai said, rising to fetch another seal, "by nature attempt to exercise power over what is around them. We build walls to shelter us from the wind, roofs to stop the rain. We tame the elements, bend nature to our wills. It makes us feel as if we' re in control, Except in doing so, we merel"