The power to kill does not come without responsibility

It must have been an endless breathing in: between the wish to know and the wish to praise there was no seam.

He was onto something. Something huge. It wasn't just how to run; it was how to live, the essence of who we are as a species and what we're meant to be.

All art is unstable. Its meaning is not necessarily that implied by the author. There is no authoritative voice. There are only multiple readings.

Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

Although reading the classics in Latin in school may be not as fulfilling as it would be at a more mature age, few scientists can afford the time for such diversion later in life.

All friendships are negotiations of power.

To get up on stage with a band is fantastic. To play songs to an audience is mindblowing.

I am not a bad person. I am a good person who has lived in a bad time." Alex's grandfather..Everything is Illuminated

I am trying to be in that alchemical soup of human transformation. I am trying to process, reconcile, forgive, let go, and grieve, when necessary.

People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.