How could anyone stay sane with entire lifetimes stored in one human mind?

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer

Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

The more doubtful the political outlook the fiercer will be the dogmas which men create and contend for.

This time as we ascend, I watch the world sinking below us. I watch the way the city fades into sand that gets washed by the ocean.

When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.

I think the writer's job is to paint the gray because no life is clearly defined.

Success is not for those who want it, nor those who need it, but for those who are utterly determined to seize it--whatever it takes.

Of one thing I am perfectly sure: God's story never ends with 'ashes.

My father always used to say, "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger," - 'til the accident.

I didn't worry if a bit got no response, as long as I believed it had enough response to linger.

Believe in your dreams and that anything is possible.

Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.