“Life is a flimsy branch over an abyss.”

“...he uttered the cry of a creature hurled over an abyss...”

“Sometimes, you may think you have fallen into an abyss...when in fact, you've just descended to the roots...of the tree of life! Somewhere along your climb, you got lost amongst the branches, and lost in the darkness of the branches, the only way to find the straight way up would be to return to the roots! And from there amongst the roots, you will be able to look straight up and see the top again! And begin your ascent!”

“We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life.”

“I have plans for my life and they don't include taking time out to break my back busting virgin sod with a flimsy plow.”

“Over the white curve he had looked into incredible space; abysses of intelligence lay beyond it.”