“Do you ever feel like we are the universe’s date to a pig party? Love, The Human Race”

“The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class -- it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of humanity.”

“I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I ever simply estimate it.”

“We do not like the idea that any other creature can be better than we are. It is highly probable that if we ever have to face a superior race, we will die of it.”

“The leech's kiss, the squid's embrace,The prurient ape's defiling touch:And do you like the human race?No, not much.”

“I cannot stand small talk, because I feel like there’s an elephant standing in the room shitting all over everything and nobody is saying anything. I’m just dying to say, 'Hey, do you ever feel like jumping off a bridge?' or 'Do you feel an emptiness inside your chest at night that is going to swallow you?' But you can’t say that at a cocktail party.”