The species greatest harvest ― words.

Prison for the crime of puberty -- that was how secondary school had seemed.

Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart.

Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists.

Alex felt the words wash over him. He had the strange fantasy the things were seeking places within him to lay their young.

It isn't important who is going to hurt me, but its important who is going to love me.

Writing is easy: all you do is sit staring at the blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead.

No specter assails us in more varied disguises than loneliness, and one of its most impenetrable masks is called love.

It wouldn't make for sanity would it, living with the devil.

Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design.

It's about you, giving yourself permission to be who you are, without giving a rip about what anybody else is thinking about it.

In your company or industry, work every job in that industry. It's the only way of having a complete understanding of your people and your company.

Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.

For me, privacy and security are really important. We think about it in terms of both: You can't have privacy without security.

I started reading literature at 17 or 18, and I felt this extra beat to life.