The role of the infinitely small in nature is infinitely large.

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

We are all walking libraries of forgotten books.

In the quest to understand the cosmos, we must remain humble, for every answer we find leads to a multitude of new questions.

I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant.

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.