No one really starts anything new, Mrs. Nemur. Everyone builds on other men's failures. There is nothing really original in science. What each man contributes to the sum of knowledge is what counts.

I may not have all the time I thought I had.

I am afraid. Not of life, or death, or nothingness, but of wasting it as if I had never been.

Even in the world of make-believe there have to be rules. The parts have to be consistent and belong together. This kind of picture is a lie. Things are forced to fit because the writer or the director or somebody wanted something in that didn't belong. And it doesn't feel right

...Don't feel sorry for me. I'm glad I had a second chance in life like you said to be smart because I learned a lot of things that I never knew were in this world, and I'm grateful I saw it even for a little bit.

Who's to say that my light is better than your darkness? Who's to say death is better than your darkness? Who am I to say?

Even in the world of make-believe there have to be rules. The parts have to be consistent and belong together.