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

There are so many doors to open. I am impatient to begin." --Charlie Gordan

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.

The universe was exploding, each particle away from the next, hurtling us into dark and lonely space, eternally tearing us away from each other - child out of the womb, friend away from friend, moving from each other, each through his own pathway towards the goal-box of solitary death.

Just leave me alone. I'm not myself. I'm falling apart, and I don't want you here.

There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection.

Thank God for books and music and things I can think about." --Charlie Gordan