No mark survives this place: you too will yieldto unmemory.

There is earth below your earth, a deep room wheregas and oil, rock and stone, circulate like slow bloodthrough a body.

...Things happenedwhen you were little. Things youdon't remember now, and don't wantto. But they need to escape, need to worm their way outof that dark place in your brainwhere you keep them stashed.

I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma.

You know, let me be very clear. I supported Barack Obama originally.

Vision is a picture of the future that produces passion.

I'm still a really shitty programmer, but I know enough to hack a prototype together.

With all the trouble black people have, they try to forget on weekends. You've got to be good to make them laugh.

Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.

Obscure shadows on the mind are much scarier than the dark shadows of the night.

You’re not weird, are you? (Jack) Not particularly, no. (Syd) Well, good. I got enough weirdness for the lot of us. Don’t want to share it. (Jack)

It comes down to a question of attention: it's difficult to use the Net distractedly, unlike the television or the radio.