The girl traced the outline of her lover's shadow so she would always have a record of how he looked.

Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave.

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

There's nothing wrong with stretching the truth. We stretch taffy, and that just makes it more delicious.

No skill is more crucial to the future of a child than literacy.

Mostly, two miles an hour is good going.

No agnostic ever burned anyone at the stake or tortured a pagan, a heretic, or an unbeliever.

Why not be a top-notcher? A top-notcher is simply an individual who works for the institution of which he is a part, not against it.

And let me say this ahead of time, if someone dies in Psycho-Pass 2, it’s Ubukata Tow’s fault and not mine!

Prayer is a conversation with God, but prayer is no substitute for work.

What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress.

...one of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.

Even members of the nobility, let alone persons of no consequence, would do well not to have children.