“Human race had never planned to show up in this universe.I wonder whether current human efforts are relevant to its sustainability.”

“Let's pray that the human race never escapes Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.”

“Those who speak largely of the human condition are usually those most exempt from its oppressions - whether of sex, race, or servitude.”

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering... these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love... these are what we stay alive for.”

“If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.”

“And I specialize in fixing things up and restoring them to their former glory.” She wondered if that talent extended to humans, maybe even humans who never really had a former glory.”