Too many dots," Miller said. "Not enough lines.

Science had given mankind many gifts, and she valued it. But the one important thing it had taken away was the value of subjective, personal experience. That had been replaced with the idea that only measurable and testable concepts had value. But humans didn't work that way.

And ... and what is civilisation if it isn't people talking to each other over a goddamned beer?

The problem with living with miracles was that they made everything seem plausible.

No monkey ever reheated a frozen burrito.

Violence is what people do when they run out of good ideas. It's attractive because it's simple, it's direct, it's almost always available as an option. When you can't think of a good rebuttal for your opponent's argument, you can always punch them in the face.

If life transcends death, then I will seek for you there. If not, then there too.