“It is dangerous to prove to a man too plainly how nearly he is on a level with the brutes without showing him his greatness; it is also dangerous to show him his greatness too clearly apart from his vileness. It is still more dangerous to leave him in ignorance of both. But it is of great advantage to show him both.”

— PASCAL

“Words are like a thin surface over deep water.”

— WITTGENSTEIN

“We see so little of anything at which we look, that we are usually satisfied with simple surfaces, perhaps because the deeper view is often terrifying in its complexity.”

— DEAN KOONTZ, TWILIGHT EYES