“Our first intuitions are the true ones.”

“What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?”

“What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on.”

“Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown.”

“Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.”

“Woes and wonders of Power, that tonic hell, synthesis of poison and panacea.”

“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 ...”

“But who can remember pain, once its over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see. Out of sight, out of mind.”

“I know what you are learning to endure. There is nothing to be done. Make sure nothing is wasted. Take notes. Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In lif...”

“My mind, I know, I can prove, hovers on hummingbird wings. It hovers and it churns. And when it's operating at full thrust, the churning does not stop. The machines do not rest, the systems rarely ...”

“Without a relationship with God, it is not possible to have order in your life.”

“once science had declared a thing possible, there was no escape from its eventual realization”

“The possible ranks higher than the actual.”