It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
Autumn Leaves
These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb.
The Nectar of Pain
via In Memoriam: Frederick P. Brooks
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
Conformity or rebellion? Neither one. Both ways are simple-minded - they are only for people who cannot cope with contradiction and ambiguity.
The Diamond Age
Nuance is the dead opposite of propaganda: it’s the essence of critical thinking.
Either You’re For Nuance or Against It
When the last living thingHas died on account of us,How poetical it would beIf Earth could say,In a voice floating upperhapsfrom the floorof the Grand Canyon,“It is done.People did not like it here.”