Nobility is expensive, nonproductive, and parasitic, siphoning away too much of society’s energy to satisfy its frivolous cravings.

Without us, Earth will abide and endure; without her, however, we could not even be.

in the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately begins cleaning house - our houses.

Change is the hallmark of nature. Nothing remains the same.

The worst happens, and life still goes on.

But the Earth holds ghosts, even of entire nations.

Luthicer hummed. "You're either brave or very foolish." "What's the difference?" (Eric)

At the edge of chaos, unexpected outcomes occur. The risk to survival is severe.

A final dirty joke.Another human punch line

To while away the day contemplating evils that might have been is to poison the happiness we already have.

I think that's what poetry does. It allows people to come together and identify with a common thing that is outside of themselves, but which they identify with from the interior.

You can hear rumors. But you can't know them.

History is just the present in retrospect. Times change but people do not.

That's more than you know about anything else then.

If you will not have God (and He is a jealous God), you should pay your respects to Hitler or Stalin.

The item of clothing that makes us feel powerful is the one that makes us feel confident and self-assured, that magically makes us look our best in all kinds of circumstances.