“Can a single ant be said to be alive, in any meaningful sense of the word, or does it only have relevance in terms of its anthill?”

“When any civilization is dust and ashes," he said, "art is all that's left over. Images, words, music. Imaginative structures. Meaning—human meaning, that is—is defined by them. You have to admit that.”

“Where do the words gowhen we have said them?”

“Anyway, maybe there weren't any solutions. Human society, corpses and rubble. It never learned, it made the same cretinous mistakes over and over, trading short-term gain for long-term pain.”

“You aren't sick & unhappy only alive & stuck with it.”

“A prison does not only lock its inmates inside, it keeps all others out. Her strongest prison is of her own construction.”

“There's something to be said for hunger: at least it lets you know you're still alive.”