"There is within each of us a "life-instinct," which is forever working toward health, happiness, and all that makes for more life for the individual."

"How do you go about loving your enemies? I think the first thing is this: In order to love your enemies, you must begin by analyzing self. And I'm sure that seems strange to you, that I start out tell…"

"Now it is one great object of this work, to shew the importance and advantage of ascertaining the relative weights of the ultimate particles, both of simple and compound bodies, the number of simple e…"

"he octopus did not die. Even after he disappeared, he still was eternally alive there. In the antiquated, empty, forgotten water tank of the aquarium. Eternally—most likely through many centuries—an a…"

"And I came .. .It was just after the war and I thought it was a little early to get over there . So I spent the winter under the Brooklyn Bridge, on the Brooklyn side, living with Barney Rosset, and I…"