“We don't have to take our personality so personally.”

“If you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own.”

“After a few years of meditation practice we can even learn how to occasionally ignore ourselves. And what relief that can be!”

“What's the matter? What's the antimatter? Does it antimatter?”

“A belief in reincarnation would at least give us some slack; we would have many lifetimes to get it right.”

“Do you think that we're products of our environments? I think so, or maybe products of our expectations. Others' expectations of us or our expectations. I mean others' expectations that you take on as your own. I realize how difficult it is to seperate the two. The expectations that others place on us help us form our expectations of ourselves.”

“Sophie Bach from The Maker:You’re a human being with a personality and a will, and you make choices and think and create. Is there no meaning to you, Adrien Bach?And what about us? Is the way we feel about each other just simulated emotions from some biological process—nothing more?”