Everything in the universe is constantly changing, and nothing stays the same, and we must understand how quickly time flows by if we are to wake up and truly live our lives.

I think that if we don't learn to inhabit other people's perspectives, then we're never going to understand why people do what they do.

But in the time it takes to say now, now is already over. It's already then.

I have a pretty good memory, but memories are time beings, too, like cherry blossoms or ginkgo leaves; for a while they are beautiful, and then they fade and die.

By the time we, consumers, are aware of processes like genetic engineering, they're already being done. It's sort of like the war in Iraq: By the time we know about it, it's almost a fait accompli. And that's certainly true with science.

You never know who it's going to be, or what they'll bring, but whatever it is, it's always exactly what is needed.

Life is evanescent, but left to itself it rarely fails to offer some consolation.