“I often find myself going back to Darwin's saying about the duration of a man's friendships being one of the best measures of his worth.”

“Friendship is often outgrown; and his former child’s clothes will no more fit a man than some of his former friendships.”

“A man's worth isn't measured by a bank register or diploma… It's about integrity”

“Copernicus and Darwin undermined man’s image of himself as the ‘measure of all things’. Newton provided him with a new hope … that of ‘man as the measurer of all things’. Thus the possibility was revealed to man, who had been disinherited from being at the center of the universe, that he might be able know how to work himself back there. Science, at the same time it destroyed his ontological security, gave him the tools for reapproaching Eden.”

“One day I’m going to find a way to rid you of that beast resting on your arm. (Artemis)
(He looked at her over his shoulder.)
And one day I’m going to find a way to rid myself of the beast resting on my back. (Acheron)”

“Jack grabbed Phil's arm to teleport back to Romatech.
Phil muttered a curse. "If you say one word about this to the other guys, I will stake you in your sleep."
"Don't worry, sweetheart. If they find out about this, I'll stake myself.”

“I went in thinking: "I'm not going to find out that Darwinism is a fraud. I'll probably find out these (intelligent design proponents) are frauds." But I wound up knowing a lot more than when I started. I learned that Darwinism is being overhyped, and that it doesn't really convey what's going on. Sometimes if you follow a "truth" far enough, it becomes a lie.”

“A boy spends his time finding a girl to sleep with. A real man spends his time looking for the one worth waking up to.”

“Love cannot be measured by its duration…”

“Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know.”