Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal.

When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it.

I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it is when the President takes his oath of office, rather than to the flag and the nation

What's the harm of a little mystification? It sure beats boring statistical analyses.

The vast distances that separate the stars are providential. Beings and worlds are quarantined from one another. The quarantine is lifted only for those with sufficient self-knowledge and judgment to have safely traveled from star to star.

Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.

If you want to make a [rhubarb] pie from scratch, first you have to create the universe.