"Some folks never handle the truth without scratching it."

“All pursuits are pointless and fruitless unless and until love and compassion are found and then are the foundation and destination of all you do”

“He probably was mediocre after all, though in a very honorable sense of that word.”

“There's no operation where you can have your anger cut out. But if you work on yourself, as you get better, you'll be more capable of seeing others as flawed human beings. That makes it easier to forgive.”

“For the moment I can think of nothing— except that I am a sentient being stabbed by the miracle of these waters that reflect a forgotten world.”

“Anything I do, I always have a reason for.”

“These algorithms, which I'll call public relevance algorithms, are-by the very same mathematical procedures-producing and certifying knowledge.  The algorithmic assessment of information, then, represents a particular knowledge logic, one built on specific presumptions about what knowledge is and how one should identify its most relevant components.  That we are now turning to algorithms to identify what we need to know is as momentous as having relied on credentialed experts, the scientific method, common sense, or the word of God.”

“Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely.”

“It's hard to sin if you're preoccupied with Jesus.”