“Reality is neurology, and is not absolute.”

“The only authentic literature of the modern era is the owners manual.”

“But so strong is our desire for meaning, an innate desire, that we construct meanings where there are none.”

“We cant worry about meaning. Ari proposed to us that meaning is a consumer item. Some people manufacture it through religion, philosophy, nationhood, politics, and some people buy it. But an artist...”

“Send these images of me through the internet out into the universe, where I will continue my out-of-body existence.”

“I was aware that I was taking inordinate pleasure in small, technological events and objects, and that this was probably a semiconscious tactic meant to evade confronting certain agonizing life eve...”

“It's delicious to have people adore you, but it's exhausting, too. Particularly when your own feelings don't match theirs.”

“The day arrived,when myriad teary rivers flow and the muted wind faintly died in his tearsan altar for the beloved one's departure,for sister-hood is no more,for her to adore!while pangs the beatin...”

“Regard those who respect you.Esteem those who honor you.Cherish those who love you.Reward those who adore you.”

“Disobey God and you are forgiven. Disobey Nature and you get disease.”

“Whenever you read a cancer booklet or website or whatever, they always list depression among the side effects of cancer. But, in fact, depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a sid...”

“Cancer. The word meant the same to me as tsunami or piranha. I had never seen them; I wasn't even quite sure what they were, but I knew they were bad and I knew in many cases they were deadly.”

“There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.”

“Every war, no matter how brutal, is built on the premise that one day, when all is said and done, the ends will justify the means. But over and over again we learn that in real life, there is no en...”

“For so many families, here and abroad, the war is just beginning. The emotional and political fallout will crawl across generationsthe casualties can never be fully counted.Every war, no matter how...”