"The Gold Bug Variations" Quotes

All that is constant about the California of the 1850s is Jack London's description: 'The place is a museum of aboriginal history.'

The world is a random place, and it's our job to make sense of it. We do that by telling stories.

Science is a way to understand the world, not a way to escape it.

We are a self-perpetuating machine for turning sunshine into stories.

There is no such thing as an innocent hour. All hours are the same, they are the seconds and minutes that make them.

The universe is a story, not a machine.

We are all doomed to repeat the same mistakes, because we never remember them until it's too late.

People believe in the things they do not understand. They call it faith.

The only difference between a madman and a scientist is a degree.

The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.