Movie SF is, by definition, dumbed down - there have only been three or four SF movies in the history of film that aspire to the complexity of literary SF.

... all good things beyond sleep come precisely because we defy gravity while we live.

Life is brutal that way ... the loss of irrecoverable moments amid trivia and distraction.

Any allegiance to a deity or concept or universal principal which put obedience above decent behavior toward an innocent human being evil.

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

She had always felt that the essence of human experience lay not primarily in the peak experiences, the wedding days and triumphs which stood out in the memory like dates circled in red on old calendars, but, rather, in the unself-conscious flow of little things - the weekend afternoon with each member of the family engaged in his or her own pursuit, their crossings and connections casual, dialogues imminently forgettable, but the sum of such hours creating a synergy which was important and eternal.

In the end--when all else is dust--loyalty to those we love is all we can carry with us to the grave. Faith--true faith--was trusting in that love.