“The basic idea is that all things in the universe are intertwined.”

“The primitive craving for survival is universal in all things capable of dying. Now imagine if you could isolate the basic element that drives all animals to fight for survival? What would you do with it? I already had my own ideas when I started my search for an entity I eventually dubbed “The Determination Gene”.”

“Yes, its one of the basic truths of the universe,....Things don't disappear. They just change, and change and change again.”

“All that counts is the truth. Without it you're basically just juggling people's daft ideas.”

“Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.”

“...for there is nothing so perfect as a thing with no ending and no beginning, such as a family of souls intertwined.”