“Just because the world often seemed to reward ugliness was no excuse to give up on beauty.”

“The world had edges but you couldnt see them going, only when you were trying to come back.”

“There was a worm addicted to grape leaves, she continued, and suddenly it woke up. Call it a miracle, whatever, something woke it up and it wasnt a worm anymore. It was the whole vineyard, and the ...”

“...the beginning and the end of time. These are the same thing, as everybody knows who came into this universe via a wormhole.”

“A girl in a crown of stars was coming toward him, but before she could see who he was he slipped through his curtains of flesh.”

“Apes or human we all made the same mistake, tempted by shifting leaves or the smell of sex, by music or a ripe banana.”

“Of the two powers, the two categories that take possession of us when we enter the world, space is by far the less mysterious. . . . Space is, after all, solid, monolithic. . . . Time, on the other...”

“The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary master...”

“A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe", a part limited in time and space.”

“Lost Time is never found again.”

“How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever.”

“Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.”