What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.

... that's how life should be, when one person loses heart, the other must have heart and courage enough for both.

The ear has to be educated if one wishes to appreciate musical sounds, just as the eyes must learn to distinguish the value of words.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

Death ... doesn't take her eyes off us for a minute, so much so that even those who are not yet due to die feel her gaze pursuing them constantly.

Men are angels born without wings, nothing could be nicer than to be born without wings and to make them grow.