“To bond to any animal was to promise oneself that future pain”
“A promise, a bond, a joy, a love for the ages, for the history books.…But what was love but pain?”
“The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.”
“The doctor of the future will be oneself.”
“Atheism is a way of humility. It's to think oneself to be an animal, as we are actually and to allow oneself to become human.”
“there won't be any pain, he promised. Only an eternity together. Come back to me. (Stanton, book #5)”