We fall from womb to tomb, from one blackness and toward another, remembering little of the one and knowing nothing of the other ... except through faith.

Rationalism is the idea that we can ever understand anything about the state of being. It's a deathtrip. It always has been. . . . And if rationalism is a deathtrip, then irrationalism might very well be a lifetrip . . . at least until it proves otherwise.

"Am I weird?" "Yeah. But so what? Everybody's weird."

In spite of the problems he was having he was going on with his life. There are thousands who don’t or won’t or can’t and plenty of them aren’t in prison either.

Be true, be brave, stand All the rest is darkness.

...they came to see what happened to their town, to see if it was indeed lying burnt and bleeding. Many of them also came to die.

A person could see a lot without ever leaving his own living room. Especially if he had the right tools.