“The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever.”

“Cities were built to measure time, to remove time from nature. Theres an endless counting down, he said. When you strip away all the surfaces, when you see into it, whats left is terror. This is th...”

“Men are mere mortals but their quest for knowledge leads them to the brink of immortality.”

“The journey of a human is not the process of evolution, but to know thy-self.”

“A fine line exists between quitting on ourselves and letting go of a restrictive position in life and moving forward to reach our ultimate destination based upon our natal predisposition honed by a...”

“So, let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look over not only ourselves, but each other.”

“We are fascinated, all of us, by the implacable otherness of others. And we wish to penetrate by hypothesis, by daydream, by scientific investigation those leaden walls that encase the human spirit...”

“The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.”

“You need to establish a degree of privacy and solitude in order to write”

“The more I'm let alone and not worried the better I can function.”

“Technology would have long ago made privacy impossible, except that this had only made it more precious and desirable--and in the close confines of starship life, respect for another's privacy had ...”