"We are all connected to the universe, and the universe is connected to us."

"Wrong again, Albert."

"Einstein was wrong when he said, 'God does not play dice'. Consideration of black holes suggests, not only that God does play dice, but that he sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't …"

"We are very, very small, but we are profoundly significant."

"There are no black holes in the sense of a region of spacetime from which nothing can escape. Instead, there are apparent horizons which persist for a time and then vanish."