It's humiliating to be dependent, anyway, but it's still a poorer pass to have no one to depend on.

Knowing makes all the difference... It's the difference between just trying to keep alive, and having something to live for

When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.

Knowledge is simply a kind of fuel; it needs the motor of understanding to convert it into power.

...after all, what is a planet but an island in space?

Some quotations," said Zellaby, "are greatly improved by lack of context.

Find a nice, self sufficient hilltop, and fortify it.