“Some people would never forget certain people, a few people would remember everyone, and most of us would mostly be forgotten.”

“I've tried reading the Bible. I never make it past all the talk about the firmament. The firmament is the thing, on Day 1 or 2, that divides the waters from the waters. Here you have the firmament....”

“One thing we knew for certain- despite all our certainties, it was very difficult to guess what one individual was thinking at any given moment.”

“Mind doesn't work properly when taken intoa higher level where fear dominates the will.”

“I am the greatest obstacle to my greatest dreams.”

“Intellectual growth is when you surpass the barrier of puerility, puzzling people with your dazzling creativity.”

“But suppose the endlessly dead were to wake in us some emblem:they might point to the catkins hangingfrom the empty hazel trees, or direct us to the raindescending on black earth in early spring. ...”

“Life is but a dream for the dead.”

“Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”