The scene sucker-punched Max. He never saw it coming. It encapsulated in one poignant instant the tragic beauty of his family history.

Well, enough of this introspection. It’s depressing, quite frankly.

Unhealthy behavior is actually common among doctors, who tend to know a lot about medicine but very little about health.

Worry wasn’t an emotion to which he was particularly accustomed—and it worried him.

I should think a dead language would be rather boring, sociallyspeaking.

Spanish—how shall I say this?—is likePortuguese spoken with a speech impediment.

Flying in his dreams was an exhilarating, breathtaking experience, sometimes literally, that tended to leave reality wanting, like riding a roller coaster compared to mowing the lawn.

In the spirit of the Alpha and the Omega, in the way the Alpha was theOmega, and vice versa, he knew the beginning was also the end—and that the end was just another beginning.

Wrong thoughts pattern your life towards it for we live our thoughts.

Just because they didn't know they were killing human beings doesn't mean they weren't killing human beings.

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is.

Wisdom is not the understanding of mystery. Wisdom is accepting that mystery is beyond understanding. That's what makes it mystery.

Through history, people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith, too.

I will love, if another hates. I will gain a balance on the side of good, my true being. This alone gives me the forces of God wherewith to overcome all error.

If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way. Don't wait for great opportunities. Seize common, everyday ones and make them great.

Fight, flight, and screw up royaly.

Who wants a world in which the guarantee that we shall not die of starvation entails the risk of dying of boredom?

Home is where the heart is, no matter how the heart lives.