Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.

In the beginning was the dream, and the work of disenchantment never ends.

You can't choose your childhood, it's just what happens to you. But after that you choose. And that's really what (makes you).

The command to be free is a double bind

We’ll all say that. We’ll all go on and make the place safe. Roads, cities. New sky, new soil. Until it’s all some kind of Siberia or Northwest Territories, and Mars will be gone and we’ll be here, and we’ll wonder why we feel so empty. Why when we look at the land we can never see anything but our own faces.

The distinguishing mark of true adventures, is that it is often no fun at all while they are actually happening.

Historical analogy is the last refuge of people who can't grasp the current situation.