I believe that we should read only those books that bite and sting us. If a book we are reading does not rouse us with a blow to the head, then why read it?

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

One reads in order to ask questions

I have spent my life resisting the desire to end it.

there is nothing bad to fear; once you have crossed that threshold, all is well. Another world, and you do not have to speak

Two tasks at the beginning of your life: to narrow your orbit more and more, and ever and again to check whether you are not in hiding somewhere outside your orbit.

There is an infinite amount of hope in the universe ... but not for us.