Science asymptotically approaches reality.

If you wish to view this as a cautionary tale, be my guest.

Sure, black holes can kill us, and in a variety of interesting and gruesome ways. But, all in all, we may owe our very existence to them.

Do not get lost in the flow of reality.

Lead's erasing then vanishingBanished from whatever it is they're drinking and it's cleanedRunning from the pitcher as if it's her fantasy

Consciousness is the materia poetica that Shakespeare sculpts as Michelangelo sculpts marble. We feel the consciousness of Hamlet or Iago, and our own consciousness strangely expands.

Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable

The theatre, for all its artifices, depicts life in a sense more truly than history, because the medium has a kindred movement to that of real life, though an artificial setting and form.

I like to go full bore into something. If you have a backup plan, then you've already admitted defeat.

No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge

The wealth of the country, its capital, its credit, must be saved from the predatory poor as well as the predatory rich, but above all from the predatory politician.

I have seen so many extraordinary things, nothing seems extraordinary any more

I like to read the 'Financial Times' when I'm traveling. 'Economist.' 'Ad Busters.'