"I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide …"

"A book is made of paper, ink, and imagination. It is a portal to new worlds and new ideas."

"...how is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant…"

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."

"The price we pay for the suppression of doubt is that we can never be sure of anything."