Human folly does not impede the turning of the stars.

You wonder if God doesn't have an answering machine to screen out the prayers of the venal and the boring? And in which category has he placed you?

Peeple of zee wurl, relax

How can you admire a human who consciously embraces the bland, the mediocre, and the safe rather than risk the suffering that disappointment can bring?

This did not annoy Amanda for it had long been her theory that human beings were invented by water as a device for transporting itself from one place to another.

To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.

'Neotenty' is 'remaining young,' and it may be ironic that it is so little known, because human evolution has been dominated by it.