J. Robert Oppenheimer

My life as a child did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things.

I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.

My childhood did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things.

Deep down, there is in the substance of the cosmos a primordial disposition, sui generis, for self-arrangement and self-involution.

The point never to lose sight of is to be guided by the correct thing, as you see it. It's the only way to approach such profound matters and retain your integrity.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.