“Scientific inquiry shouldn't stop just because a reasonable explanation has apparently been found.”

“All birds are perhaps a little wrong, because an absolute once-and-for-all formula for a bird has never been found, just as all novels are bad because the correct formula for a novel has never been found.”

“The exaltation of human reason and its capabilities, a commitment to rigorous and rational debate, a promotion of intellectual inquiry and scholarly exchange--all sponsored by the Church--provided the framework for the Scientific Revolution.”

“This time it had been magic. And it didn't stop being magic just because you found out how it was done.”

“Crying defies scientific explanation. Tears are only meant to lubricate the eyes. There is no real reason for tear glands to overproduce tears at the behest of emotion.”

“Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no explanation, no solutions.”