Maturity is the ability to sort the portions of truth from the accepted lies and self-deceptions that you have grown up with.
Alexei PanshinIf I had the opportunity, I would make the proposal that no man should be killed except by somebody who knows him well enough for the act to have impact. No death should be like nose blowing. Death is important enough that it should affect the person who causes it.
Alexei PanshinEverybody should espouse three or four harmless crank theories for the pure pleasure of having something harmless to be cranky about. And when a theory of this sort proves correct, it is a true moment for celebration.
Alexei Panshin