The Fourteenth Book is entitled, "What can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years?" It doesn't take long to read The Fourteenth Book. It consists of one word and a period. This is it: "Nothing.

It is hard to adapt to chaos, but it can be done. I am living proof of that: It can be done

This isn't the end, you know," he said. "Nothing ever is, nothing ever will be - not even Judgment Day.

They gave Pandora a box. Prometheus begged her not to open it. She opened it. Every evil to which human flesh is heir came out of it.The last thing to come out of the box was hope. It flew away.