why human beings despise what is beautiful and good, and seek to destroy the things they need the most

Why does any martyr cooperate with his judases?...We see a game beyond the endgame...As Seneca warned Nero: No matter how many of us you kill, you will never kill your successor.

I think it's natural for youth to be drawn to newness: The world is still new for them.

Teachers're always using that "in your own words." I hate that. Authors knit their sentences tight. It's their job. Why make us unpick them, just to put it back together more shonkily? How're you s'posed to say Kapellmeister if you can't say Kapellmeister?

There are so many cities in every single city.

The earth's a door if you press your ear against it.

Human hunger birthed the Civlize, but human hunger killed it too.