...the argument for the perfectibility of humankind rests on a logical fallacy. Thus: man is by definition imperfect, say those who would perfect him. But those who would perfect him are themselves, by their own definition, imperfect.

“So that’s what art is, for the artist,” said Crake. “An empty drainpipe. An amp…”

“The human moral keyboard is limited, Adam One used to say: there's nothing you …”

“This goes along with another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an ad…”

“Never pray for justice, because you might get some.”