Isn't this enough? Just this world? Just THIS?

Scepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness.

We all have a thirst for wonder. It's a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it. What I'm saying is, you don't have to make stories up, you don't have to exaggerate. There's wonder and awe enough in the real world. Nature's a lot better at inventing wonders than we are.

Sometimes all I have to comfort me is a song, and sometimes a song is the only thing that will comfort me

There must be some kind of way out of here,' said the joker to the thief...

Music! Makes the people! Come together!