I am sorry for him, and I like him very much." "Then you would be sorry for me also, Lady Yva ?" "Why ?" she asked with a dazzling smile, "when your heart is athirst for knowledge, gaping for it like a fledgling's mouth for food, and, as it chances, though I am not very wise, I can satisfy something of your soul-hunger." "Not very wise!" I repeated.
"No, Humphrey.

I think that Bastin, who in many ways is so stupid, has more true wisdom than I have, because he can believe and accept without question.

After all, the wisdom of my people is all of the universe and its wonders.

What you think magic is not magic; it is only gathered knowledge and the finding out of secrets.

Bickley will tell you the same, although as yet he does not believe that the mind of man can stretch so far." "You mean that your wisdom has in it nothing of the spirit ?" "Yes, Humphrey, that is what I mean.