“With food still scarce,there was no longer a right to exist. You needed to earn your spot. ”

“There was an omnivorous intellect that won him the family sobriquet of Walking Encyclopedia.”

“I try to believe like I believed when I was five...when your heart tells you everything you need to know.”

“The agony of the dead is with us, and we hear their screams and walk among their ghosts. We cannot avert our eyes or plug up our ears. We must bear witness and speak for those who cannot speak. We have only one chance to get it right.”

“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”

“In times of change the learners will inherit the earth, while the knowers will find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”

“In a world of change, the learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned shall find themselves perfectly suited for a world that no longer exists.”