There's always a first time. With death, it's also the last.

The important part of any process is the conclusion. Our lives are hypotheses until they are run. Only then can the sum of our life’s work be calculated, and our value to the Machine-God be ascribed.

It was the first time I ever said her name. Momentous things pass unnoticed. It’s funny how life works.

All we have is life. It is the only thing that is ours.