“A moment of consideration often prevents a thousand apologies”

“But my apology was a thousand apologies.”

“Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.”

“(...) always regretted that good memory often prevents us from thinking for ourselves.”

“We sensible often resist intrusive love and its chaos practically, employing measures to prevent the former for fear of the latter. But for all our wit and work, that desperation for control also prevents the pure, transcendental freedom more often delivered by both.”

“Each one of us was harmed by being brought into existence. That harm is not negligible, because the quality of even the best lives is very bad—and considerably worse than most people recognize it to be. Although it is obviously too late to prevent our own existence, it is not too late to prevent the existence of future possible people.”