the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out.

We have to believe that the thought we have is piecing together for us the thing we are thinking of and is actually carrying it closer and closer to us!

Riley asked himself why he had ever considered space travel romantic. “Because you are a romantic, ” his pedia said.

Amazing how a confluence of praise and lust can just make your defensive barriers collapse like Jell-O on a hot stove

Don’t ask me when be­cause I don’t re­mem­ber, but some­where along the way I keep for­get­ting to com­mit sui­cide.

There's a fine line between character building and soul destroying.

In geology the effects to be explained have almost all occurred already, whereas in these other sciences effects actually taking place have to be explained.

I went solo because I could do much better what I wanted to do. I didn't have to ask or discuss things and ideas that are already shaped in my head.

Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.

Everyday life is a disaster, and disaster can liberate us.

There is no sure foundation set on blood, No certain life achieved by others' death.