“Emotions make us human. Denying them makes us beasts.”

“We are all the product of our past and the perception of our future.”

“My job is to inspire others to live full lives. Whether I do that through my writing or my actions are one in the same.”

“ ‘Reasoning doesn’t have this function of helping us to get better beliefs and make better decisions,’ said Hugo Mercier, who is a co-author of the journal article, with Dan Sperber. ‘It was a purely social phenomenon. It evolved to help us convince others and to be careful when others try to convince us.’ Truth and accuracy were beside the point.”

“The Archive makes us monsters. And then it breaks the ones who get too strong, and buries the ones who know too much.”

“It must be quite difficult, concealing your superior male qualities behind a mask of feigned humility.”Why, Gillian, it’s that very ability that makes us so superior.”

“Mr. Awkward rolls up between us, lights a cigarette, makes himself comfortable. It’s the same bastard who shows up after you’ve bumped uglies with a stranger.”