"Wherever books are burned, human beings are destined to be burned too."

“We know of our own knowledge that we are human beings, and, as such, imperfect. But we are bathed by the communications industry in a ceaseless tide of inhuman, impossible perfection.”

“I think Queen songs are pure escapism, like going to see a good film.”

“Yes, men are pigs. Except your brother, of course. He's actually a decent human being. Almost a woman. -Jillian's mother”

“Before us lay a painful road, And guidance have I sought in duteous love From Wisdom's heavenly Father. Hence hath flowed Patience, with trust that, whatsoe'er the way Each takes in this high matter, all may move Cheered with the prospect of a brighter day.”

“Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task.”

Source : Letter from his cell at the Allenwood Federal Penitentiary to Stephen Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists, November 2000; cited on the FAS website. Ames, you see, was not at fault; it was those who trusted him.

“Most things are forgotten over time. Even the war itself, the life-and-death struggle people went through is now like something from the distant past. We’re so caught up in our everyday lives that events of the past are no longer in orbit around our minds. There are just too many things we have to think about everyday, too many new things we have to learn. But still, no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away. They remain with us forever, like a touchstone.”

“Nobody's going to hand you anything. You don't get what you don't go after.”

“I wanted to curl up into a fetal position and start sucking my thumb, let my tears and dripping saliva pool under me. Sorry. I tried living, tried being sentient. Can't do it. Can't live in the same universe with that.”