“It was one of those dreams from which she woke up depressed about her reality, filled with a longing that pulled at her insides, wishing the dream could have lasted forever, or at least much longer...”

“If the only option you leave poor people with is to resort to violence in order to survive, theyll do just that. And there are lots more poor people in this world than there are rich ones.”

“A joke is a witticism or play on words thats meant to be funny. I say meant to be because most jokes arent funny. They range between mildly amusing and grimace-inducingly annoying.”

“You shouldnt say mean things to people before they kill you. Its being a sore loser.”

“Let them come. Weve got helicopters, tanks, jets, and big guns. Weve got armies of robots. What do they have but their stench and the squalor they live in?”

“Theres a big difference between being numb to something and being immune to it.”

“Good gods are scarce because the majority of gods are created by evil men”

“Why do religious believers hate unbelievers? The feel threatened by them, they feel besieged by them. Religions consider themselves as separate tribes in their own rights and feel like unbelievers ...”

“Every word that comes after "And the Lord told me. . . is a pious lie”

“It's time, Perry". He let her go. She took a step back, taking in his face one last time. His green eyes. The bend in his nose and the scars on his cheek. All the tiny inperfections that made him b...”

“That what?" "That I knew i misjudged you. That you love him. I'm not saying In what way. Maybe you don't know yourself. But anyone paying attention could see how much you care about him," he says g...”

“I had evolved a year too soon, and it nearly broke me”

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”

“This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.”