“The moving power of mathematical invention is not reasoning but imagination.”

“I am perfectly convinced that I have both seen, and heard in a manner which should make unbelief impossible, things called spiritual which cannot be taken by a rational being to be capable of explanation by imposture, coincidence, or mistake.”

“Myths are supposed to teach us something, but what’s the life lesson 
in this sad tale of Orpheus? No good deed goes unpunished? Fuck that, 
ain’t no such thing as a good deed. Love conquers all? Never has, never 
will. Maybe the moral of the story is that those in power are just as 
fucked up as those who ain’t and the worst thing a body can do is give up 
his or her own power to some buttheads on Mount Olympus ‘cause if they’re 
so fuckin’ powerful, how’d they let us get away with all this shit in the 
first place? Answer me that.”

“The worst stab wound is the one to the heart. Sure, most people survive it, but the heart is never quite the same. There's always a scar, which I guess, is meant to remind you that even for a little while, someone made your heart beat faster. And that's a scar you can live with, proudly. All the days of your life.”

“And love? Well, if sex is sweet and death is bitter, love is both. Love will always and forever break your heart.”

“Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.”

“Most painters have painted themselves. So have most poets: not so palpably indeed, but more assiduously. Some have done nothing else.”