You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There's still lots of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don't think he knows.

Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.

nothing can wear you out like caring about people

To deal with a 14-dimensional space, visualize a 3-D space and say 'fourteen' to yourself very loudly. Everyone does it.

I think we should think of AI as the intellectual equivalent of a backhoe. It will be much better than us at a lot of things.

They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.

In science, you can say things that seem crazy, but in the long run they can turn out to be right. We can get really good evidence, and in the end the community will come around.

If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky

I refuse to say anything beyond five years because I don't think we can see much beyond five years.

I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.

Backhoes can save us a lot of digging. But of course, you can misuse it.

Sometimes, in a daze, they completely dismantled the cadaver, then found themselves hard put to it to fit the pieces together again.

Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it.

We Kurd must do everything in our power to create structures which prevent the repeat of mass murder by our adversaries, And It’s better to call for independence.

Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.

Clary found herself wondering if the forsaken were edible.

Let the other person save face.

You don't realize how easy one is until you have two. Now I'm really a mom. Oh, I am a mom now! This is for serious — I am responsible for two people now.

Women and men are equal human beings.

Transitions are critically important. I want the reader to turn the page without thinking she's turning the page. It must flow seamlessly.

The only way you're going to be successful is if you admit what you don't know and you ask for help.