“sound is of no use to human evolution. in fact, it gets in the way.”

“That's evolution. Evolution's always hard. Hard and bleak. No such thing as happy evolution”

“Don't blame me. That's evolution. Evolution's always hard. Hard and bleak. No such thing as happy evolution.”

“I don't like ringing the bell at the door. Its' tingaling just sounds beautiful. It makes one equal innocent sound, and it doesn't matter who is ringing. But knocking is distinctive. Human beats something physically - you can hear the reflected feeling. Of course, the hand always gets slightly painful.”

“If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark”

“Sixteen is an intensely troublesome age. You worry about little things, can't pinpoint where you are in any objective way, become really proficient at strange, pointless skills, and are held in thrall by inexplicable complexes. As you get older, though, through trial and error you can learn to get what you need, and throw out what should be discarded. And you start to recognize (or be resigned to the fact) that since your faults and deficiences are well nigh infinite, you'd best figure our your good points and learn to get by with what you have.”

“When you are used to the kind of life -of never getting anything you want- you stop knowing what it is you want.”