“When you cut into the present, the future leaks out”

“That old feeling is still in my leaking heart.”

“If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future.”

“It's the little touches that make a future solid enough to destroy.”

“When you stop growing you start dying.”

“Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.”

“he asked if i wouldn't like to live completely without problems, say in greece maybe, nice climate, everything provided? i say: "when we find out what we are actually doing and who we actually are, that is the point of living...it may be only a few seconds...a few seconds of significant actions, out of a lifetime...”