Death was soon and growing sooner. - John C. Wright

There is a war, you know, between Cosmos and Chaos, between order and entropy, between reason and unreason. This forms the fundamental basis of existence; I do not see how any victory or lasting peace is possible. The most one can hope for is temporary compromises, temporary armistice. You are not the first victim of this terrible conflict.

It is amazing how well the worst ones think of themselves, and how little the best ones do.

There was no point in debating the advantages of reality over unreality. There was no reasoning with someone to whom truth was a matter of taste.