I should ask if it was good for you, " Miles murmured, "but given that evidently you acquired the answer to life, the universe, and everything, it must have been-excuse the word-cosmic.

How did Adam do it? He seemed to be able to look past Miles's weirdness and insecurities and awkwardness to see Miles, himself, what he was-whatever he was-inside.

i sometimes think i'm too in love with alone. who could i love more than this peace?

By the end of my thirties I was a mental and physical wreck!

I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power.

Only strong natures can really be sweet ones; those that seem sweet are in general only weak, and may easily turn sour.

Genius, all over the world, stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round.

Reputation ... is as often gained without merit as lost without a crime.

The human race is almost addicted to war. It's like we just can't stop.

Words don't hurt you." Which is one of the hugest criminal lies perpetrated by adults against children in this world. Because words hurt more than any physical pain.

You know, so often we think we have each step figured out. And then when one thing doesn't go our way, we begin to question, we being to fear what our next step will be.

Had Greek civilization never existed ... we would never have become fully conscious.