"That's when you know for sure somebody loves you. They figure out what you need and they give it to you -- without you asking."

"Through my love for you, I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, the whole of humanity, and all beings. By living with you, I want to learn to love everyone and all species. If I succeed in lo…"

"May An, Enlil and Enki, who have loved Ibbi-Suen from the womb, look upon him approvingly."

"My mother made me a scientist without ever intending to. Every other Jewish mother in Brooklyn would ask her child after school: So? Did you learn anything today? But not my mother. “Izzy,” she would …"

"I have not read Nietzsche or Ibsen, nor any other philosopher, and have not needed to do it, and have not desired to do it; I have gone to the fountain-head for information—that is to say, to the huma…"