A man always assumes that others are as virtuous as himself

I taught you everything you know. But I didn't teach you everything I know.

Working is hard and distracts from having fun.

If human beings are all monsters, why should I sacrifice anything for them?" "Because they are beautiful monsters..., And when they live in a network of peace and hope, when they trust the world and their deepest hungers are fulfilled, then within that system, that delicate web, there is joy. That is what we live for, to bind the monsters together, to murder their fear and give birth to their beauty.

Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf.

Aw, Poke, you poor, kind, decent, stupid girl. You saved me and I let you down.

Intellectual understanding does not always bring visceral belief.