“We’re not searching for anything except people. We don’t need other worlds. We need mirrors.”

“We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors. We don't know what to do with other worlds. A single world, our own, suffices us; but we can't accept it for what it is.”

“We don’t exploit other groups, we don’t gain anything from their presence. They need us, and not the other way around.”

“Death is the dark backing that a mirror needs if we are to see anything.”

“We don’t need natural disasters. We’re building our own.”

“For our improvement we need a mirror.”

“So, we’ve reached the state that George Will described. He said there’s a certain kind of liberal that wants diversity in everything, except thought. And so, we do need certain kinds of diversity. But the key to remember is that, diversity by its very nature is divisive, and so, what’s the function of your group? If your group needs cohesion, you don’t want diversity. If your group needs good, clear thinking and you want people to challenge your prejudices, then you need it. So in the academic world, we need that kind of diversity, and we don’t have it.”

“We need to keep working because we need to make sure that we’re firing on all cylinders.”

“Acknowledging progress isn’t saying ‘we’re done’ or ‘we don’t need more’, and being gloomy doesn’t make you a better person.”

“There are ways in which we’re so alike. We’re reckless. We don’t think before we act. We’ll do anything for people we love. And I never thought how scary that was for the people who loved me until I saw”