“In contrast to the situation in 1945, the world does not need the US; it is the US that needs the rest of the world”
“Boys often need us to give them more time than girls need, and they often need us to connect their feelings to objects in the outside world.”
“The world is big enough for us. No ghosts need apply.”
“[T]he world needs us to be as flawed as we are. Everyone here needs to know that to get better. To know that they don’t need to be fixed.”
“We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors. We don't know what to do with other worlds. A single world, our own, suffices us; but we can't accept it for what it is.”
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.”