Many of the limitations that we found were simply byproducts of self-reference. Once a system has the ability to talk about itself and deal with its own properties, there will be limitations of the system.
Noson S. Yanofsky, <The Outer Limits of Reason>
Observing a quantum object; observing an image of a quantum object. These are the same.
— Nomai inscription, Tower of Quantum Trials, Outer Wilds
Unless they are collapsed by an observer, they will never be more than possibilities.
— Solanum, at the Eye of the Universe, Outer Wilds
The eye that sees is the I experiencing itself in what it sees.
— Frederick Franck <The Zen of Seeing>
We meet each other through avatars, and behind each of them is a real person.
— Kai Simon, Leader of Starlight, <The Remarkable Life of Ibelin>
This absolute room of mine, counting from the front gate, is just—exactly—the seventh bay. The meaning of Lucky Seven is not absent. I loved this number seven as though it were a medal. Who could have known that this room, divided into two by the paper screen at its center, was the very symbol of my fate?
— Yi Sang, <Wings>
You’ve been acting your whole life, okay? It’s time to pass that act up and find the actor that’s playing you.
— Abed Nadir, “Communication Studies,” Community, Season 1 Episode 16
Depression is your body saying: fuck you, I don’t want to be this character anymore, I don’t want to hold up this avatar that you’ve created in the world. It’s too much for me.
— Jim Carrey
Jerome and Ibelin are expansions of myself, different parts of me.
— Mats Steen, “My escape,” Musings of Life
