What our species needs, above all else, is a generally accepted ethical system that is compatible with the scientific knowledge we now possess.

My father always said that too many words cheapened the value of a man's speech.

The planet you inhabit is a single plane of infinite dimensions, stretched like a guitar string, and standing before you like a concubine waiting for your command.

The ultimate authority of my life is not the Bible

I don't mind opinions, because you like something or you don't like something, but to say things about your personal life? I'm like, "Man, let me quit reading this. 'Cause I'll stab everybody."

Peace is absurd: Fascism does not believe in it.

I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.

Languages shape the way we think, or don't.

Progressive societies outgrow institutions as children outgrow clothes.

The New York Times is the worst newspaper in the world and it's extremely vicious to artists.

They'll kill you for doing this," I breathed in a brief moment when his lips traveled to my neck. "If I don't I'll die anyways.