Becker Quotes

“He who lives to see two or three generations is like a man who sits some time in the conjurer's booth at a fair, and witnesses the performance twice or thrice in succession. The tricks were meant to be seen only once; and when they are no longer a novelty and cease to deceive, their effect is gone.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, Studies in Pessimism: The Essays

“You think we can break into Gage’s safe without him knowing it?” “We don’t have to break in. Gage uses the date when he changed into a werewolf as the combination.” “And how would you know that?” Becker asked. Cooper chuckled. “Because I’m a very curious werewolf by nature.”
― Paige Tyler, In the Company of Wolves

“We are trapped by our biology, stunted by our psychology, and, as a result, must wrap ourselves in mythology (the formulaic, fictional stories of our time) in order to squelch the thoughts concerning our impending mortality.”
― R. Wallace Smith, Insignificant Miracle In Between