If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. - David Zindell

What's beautiful is that a creator can be astonished by his own creations.

Do you want to know the secret of life? Bardo will tell you the secret of life: it's not the amount of time we have, despite what I've just said. No it's not quantity and it's not even quality. It's variety.

"All living things are afraid to die." "No, you're exactly wrong, the only truly alive beings are those unafraid to die."