“And suddenly, just like that, hope became knowledge. I was going to win. It was just a matter of when.”
“The acquisition of a book signalled not just the potential acquisition of knowledge but also something like the property rights to a piece of ground: the knowledge became a visitable place.”
“I was just hoping that you'd realize that guys like me, go with girls like you.”
“They [the stars] just kept shining, no matter what was going on. I think of the light here like that, like a splinter of a star that's fallen to earth: it just shines, no matter what is happening.”
“There are no environments where you're only going to win, because life just isn't like that.”
“I like winning, it just takes longer”