Sometimes I regret we are forbidden any violence whatsoever. Right now, I would like to kick you in the ass. - Philip José Farmer

Tell me, is this true or is it just one of those tales that people like to make up to worry others?

Liquor’s good for one thing. It makes you forget what you’re afraid not to forget.

So here you are near the end of the world, savages, beings who, given the time, would build up a great civilization again. You don't have the time, and the long, long story, the many-eons tale of humankind, will end. For what reason? I don't know. The universe, looked at logically, is, despite all its intricate order and irresistible physical principles, senseless.