There is no God and we are his prophets.

There is no greater monster than reason.

The universe is no narrow thing and the order within it is not constrained by any latitude in its conception to repeat what exists in one part in any other part. Even in this world more things exist without our knowledge than with it and the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way. For existence has its own order and that no man’s mind can compass, that mind itself being but a fact among others.

Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don't have something in the back of your head driving you nuts, you may not do anything. It's not a good arrangement. If I were God, I wouldn't have done it that way.

You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.

I look for the words, Professor. I look for the words because I believe that the words is the way to your heart.

What could a child know of the darkness of God's plan? Or how flesh is so frail it is hardly more than a dream