"After the frontier had been tamed and the pioneering spirit flickered into extinction the ancient rivalries lumbered to the fore again" (Chapter 2, pg. 40.)

"The chant of a billion tormented entities is not one to be ignored" (Chapter 3, pg. 69.)

"When will people learn that if we kill the possessed bodies all we're doing is simply adding to the numbers of souls in the beyond; and I doubt the families of those we kill will thank us" (Chapter 3, pg. 73.)

"We are presented with an opportunity to engender a more peaceful and tolerant universe when the present crisis is terminated" (Chapter 3, pg. 81.)

"And to err is human. We embrace our humanity, complete with all those flaws" (Chapter 3, pg. 81.)

"That eager face which permitted so much inner anger to show without ever dimming the natural innocence. Child of the failed revolutionaries" (Chapter 4, pg. 103.)

"It's quite something to look right down into the...