"To know where you are, you have to leave and return. You have to travel the full trajectory of the arch, heading out farther and wider before bending back toward the place you started. And when you get there, it is no longer the same place, because you are no longer you."

It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.