“It was good, really, that this external world still existed, if only as a place of refuge.”

“If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable - what then?”

“Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.”

“He’s dreaming, Cloquet thought, as he stood over him, revolver in hand. He’s dreaming, and I exist in reality. Cloquet hated reality but realized it was still the only place to get a good steak.”

“And this is the only really startling thing about the evil of the world: not that so much of it exists, but that nobody ever really expects it.”

“The social network, the only place that doesn’t physically exist but u can still live vicariously through someone who is only virtual.”