“It's not just the wounded who suffer.”

“Discipline has enemies, and one of them is you.”

“Not everything needs to be said. The silences, the words that aren’t spoken, lead us to the questions we should be asking.”

“The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions.”

“Why do I always have so many fucking questions in my head?”

“Questions are for the benefit of every student, not just the one raising his hand. If you don't have the starch to stand up in class and admit what you don't understand, then I don't have the time ...”

“...the words make our silences easier--they're the current that runs under them.”

“You are there with me, aren't you? I and my silences keep talking about you.”

“A good traveler leaves no tracks. Good speech lacks fault-finding.”

“My father always said that too many words cheapened the value of a man's speech.”

“Words', he said, 'is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life. So you must simply try to be patient and stop squibbling. As I am telling you before, I know exactly what words I am wantin...”