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“What we are never changes, Tommy, it read, but who we are never stops changing. Remember me better than I am. Jake.”
― John Marrs, The Vacation

“People who pursue money are those with nothing better to pursue.”
― James Goodhand, The Day Tripper

“That's humanity. We will all lose the ones we love, either them or us. From birth we make our way in this world. The gift is the choice of who we spend it with.”
― Brionni Nwosu, The Wondrous Life and Loves of Nella Carter

“We don't know how to communicate meaningfully with chimpanzees. Assessing the effort we invest in trying to get big brained mammals to do what we say, we tend to measure their intelligence by an ability to understand us, rather than measure our intelligence by an ability to understand them. Since we can't meaningfully communicate with any other species on earth, not even those genetically closest to us, how audacious of us to think we can converse at all with intelligent alien life upon first meeting them?”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization