We're all standing on the edge of a cliff, all the time, every day, a cliff we're all going over. Our choice isn't about that. Our choice is about whether we want to go kicking and screaming or whether we might want to open our eyes and our hearts to what happens once we start to fall.
People like to examine the things that frighten them, to look at them and give them names, so saints look for God, and scientists look for evidence. They're both just trying to take away the mystery, to take away the fear.
People believe what they want to believe. They find meaning where they can, and they cling to it. In the end, it really doesn't matter what's a trick and what's true. What matters is that people believe.
Why do people want so desperately not to be alone? Why is it more comforting to think you are being watched than to know that no one at all is watching?
Is every moment of our lives built into us before we're born? If it is, does that make us less responsible for the things we do? Or is the responsibility built in too? After you hit the ball, do you stand and wait to see if it goes out, or do you start running and let nature take its course?
When you're little, you like to think you know everything, but the last thing you really want is to know too much. What you really want is for grown-ups to make the world a safe place where dreams can come true and promises are never broken. And when you're little, it doesn't seem like a lot to ask.
Sometimes the best way to move into the unknown is to take familiar steps, small steps. To do ordinary things to deal with something that is in no way ordinary.
Ich glaube, dass unsere Freundschaft etwas ganz besonderes ist. Und wenn es mit uns nicht klappen sollte, besonders nach allem, was wir zusammen erlebt haben... Was ich sagen will... Vielleicht sollte man da nichts riskieren.
Das Einzige, was Individuen miteinander verbindet, sind Ideen. Ideen verändern und verbreiten sich. Sie verändern ihre Wirte genauso, wie ihre Wirte sie verändern.