The body is always present, even in its absence.

"Books are the way that we communicate with the dead. The way that we learn lessons from those who are no longer with us, that humanity has built on itself, progressed, made knowledge incremental rather than something that has to be relearned, over and over."

Often it is the means that justify the ends: Goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.

我写的每一个字都是对沉默的胜利。