I try not to be surprised. Surprise is the public face of a mind that has been closed.

“— Ты — всего лишь кусок кремния, — буркнул он, перевернув страницу.— А ты кусок…”

“A society that fears knowledge is a society that fears itself.”

“In the end, living is defined by dying. Book- ended by oblivion, we are caught …”

“I cannot choose to ignore this feeling, of life slowly bleeding out of me. I ca…”