Environments are invisible. Their groundrules, pervasive structure, and overall patterns elude easy perception. - Marshall McLuhan

You and I are faced with one of those situations (which fortunately are not very numerous in one lifetime) which cannot possibly be adequately judged beforehand. It strikes me as a colossal gamble, or rather, a very great adventure. And personally I am considerably exhilarated by the risks! ... The greatness of the adventure perhaps consists partly in the fact that as a Catholic I can marry only once! But, as with being born, perhaps once is quite sufficient! In the Church, you know, there is a great heightening of every moment of experience, since every moment is played against a supernatural backdrop. Nothing can be humdrum in this scheme.

The printing press was at first mistaken for an engine of immortality by everybody except Shakespeare. (p. 230)

World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation. (p.66)