Just in the nick of time they realized that it was their own habitat they were wrecking -- that they weren't merely visitors.

You are pooped and demoralised,” read Dwayne. “Why wouldn’t you be? Of course it is exhausting, having to reason all the time in a universe which wasn’t meant to be reasonable.

Be patient. Your future will come to you and lie down at your feet like a dog who knows and loves you no matter what you are.

I beg you to believe the most ridiculous superstition of all: that humanity is at the center of the universe, the fulfiller or frustrateor of the grandest dreams of God Almighty.

What a fool I would have been to let self-respect interfere with my happiness!

Sometimes I wonder about the Creator of the Universe.

Maturity, the way I understand it, is knowing what your limitations are.