“Ideas can't die, not because they are conceived by humans, but because time begets them.”

“When you die, you just die. No ghost, no reincarnation, no heaven. People want to believe that their souls live on or whatever, but that's only because they can't handle the idea of the world going on without them.”

“Because in some men it is in them to give up everything personal at some time, before it ferments and poisons--throw it to some human being or some human idea. They have to.”

“Because of the a priori element in intention, good intentions are so tempting - compared with a successive unfolding in time - and have so often in them some narcotic which develops an inner gaze instead of a resilience that begets energy.”

“I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more.”

“You're safe because you're so trapped inside your culture. Anything you can conceive of is fine because you can conceive of it.”