He felt a spasm of excitement because he knew instinctively who it was, or at least knew who it was he wanted it to be, and once you know what it is you want to be true, instinct is a very useful device for enabling you to know that it is.

You cannot see what I see because you see what you see. You cannot know what I know because you know what you know. What I see and what I know cannot be added to what you see and what you know because they are not the same kind. Neither can it replace what you see and what you know, because that would be to replace you yourself.

It seems as if only now I really know who I am. My strengths, my weaknesses, my jealousies—it’s as if all of it has been boiling in a pot for all these years, and as it boils, it evaporates into steam, and all that’s left in the pot in the end is your essence, the stuff you started out with in the very beginning.

What we have at the moment is a quite remarkable lack of knowledge about what's out there and how to defend against it. Until it's addressed, you're going to see this again and again.

"The older you get, the more awards you get. So, if you live long enough, then you get all the awards eventually."

Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive.