“I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?”

“Most of us stopped dreaming about being astronauts or firefighters or president a long time ago. Those who didn't.... Became astronauts and firefighters and president. Never stop dreaming”

“Fine specimens of humanity, those Germans, and to think I'm actually one of them! No, that's not true, Hitler took away our nationality long ago. And besides, there are no greater enemies on earth than the Germans and the Jews.”

“Time comes to us softly, slowly. It sits beside us for a while. Then, long before we are ready, it moves on.”

“I stopped living a long time ago, in order to simply exist. Now I am trying to leave existence, in order to step into nihility.”

“All of us humans have myriad other species to thank. Without them, we couldn't exist. It's that simple, and we can't afford to ignore them, anymore than I can afford to neglect my precious wife--nor the sweet mother Earth that births and holds us all. Without us, Earth will abide and endure; without her, however, we could not even be.”