What's really important here," I whispered loudly to myself,"is not the big things other people have thought up, but the small things you, yourself have

Most of the psychological differences between men and women seem to come from differences in their reproductive system

But the silence spoke volumes.

Most people are not looking for provable truths. As you said, truth is often accompanied by intense pain, and almost no one is looking for painful truths. What people need is beautiful, comforting stories that make them feel as if their lives have some meaning. Which is where religion comes from.

Possibilities are like cancer. The more I think about them, the more they multiply, and there's no way to stop them. I'm out of control.

Loving another person is a wonderful thing, and if that love is sincere, no one ends up tossed into a labyrinth. You have to have more faith in yourself.

The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past devouring the future. In truth, all sensation is already memory.