For, I must tell you, in this world where today all lose their minds over many & wondrous Machines - some of which, alas, you can see also in this Siege - I construct Aristotelian Machines, that allow anyone to see with Words.

There are more people than you think who want to have a challenging experience, in which they are obliged to reflect about the past.

Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message.

Memory is a stopgap for humans, for whom time flies and what is passed is passed.

The mobile phone... is a tool for those whose professions require a fast response, such as doctors or plumbers.

It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.

Homer's work hits again and again on the topos of the inexpressible. People will always do that.