The highest truths a person could discover were rooted in the natural world.

“It's an awful truth that suffering can deepen us, give a greater lustre to our …”

“That morning I was not yet a vampire, and I saw my last sunrise. I remember it …”

“As the Roman Empire came to its close, all the old gods of the pagan world were…”

“I hear the birds singing. Listen. I hear them in their cage. The others-all our…”