But the biggest clue seemed to be their expressions. They were hard to explain. Good-natured, friendly, easygoing...and uninvolved. They were like spectators. You had the feeling they had just wandered in there themselves and somebody had handed them a wrench. There was no identification with the job. No saying, "I am a mechanic." At 5 P.M. or whenever their eight hours were in, you knew they would cut it off and not have another thought about their work. They were already trying not to have any thoughts about their work on the job.

This was what we did as a species, after all: we built ingenious devices, and we destroyed things.

She never says gracias because life is made of survival not grace, she says, and servants are paid to bring what they're asked.

God always gives grace to the person who knows how to humble himself before Him and who sets his hopes on Him. God only gives grace to humble people.

The desire to criticise becomes less and less as the character is developed. It is the mark of a _e character never to be critical and to mention but rarely the faults of others. A strong character does not resist evil, but uses their strength in building the good. They know that when the light is made strong, the darkness will disappear of itself.

Walls get made, walls crumble, buildings get built, buildings collapse, memories get made, memories last.