"Unlike later Neo-Platonists, Plotinus says that our souls are always connected to the universal intellect and that we never really fall away."

“I think it's better to not know certain things. It gives the world an extra bit of mystery, which is important to us as human beings.”

Source : B. J. Novak (2014). “One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories”, p.16, Vintage

“I can die when I wish to: that is my elixir of life.”

“‎To focus on matters beyond our control is to misdirect energy, waste time, and doom us to frustration and failure.”

“You can live without me." "I don't want to." I feared a love like this - that made us incomplete without each other. It was beautiful but treacherous, like snow that looked white and pure and lovely from the safety of your window, but when you stepped out to touch the softness, the cold first stole your breath, and then your will to move, until you could just lay down in it and let the numbness take you. yet I didn't want to be without him either, so I didn't chide him for the statement.”

“I'm a little angry in life.”

“When you're looking for a house, you're not looking for a house that's perfect. You're looking for that house to have character. And I think it's those little bits of humanity they come from the music. That's what the music brings out when you have that, it brings out the character of a song. You go back and listen to 30, 40 years of music, and all the great, great songs that we've had in our lives, they all have that character. They have that human nudge, they all have that human relation. You can relate to it.”

“Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.”

“Seafood on the grill can be intimidating if you don't know what you are doing. It's really quite easy”