I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.
Nothing is more dreadful in life than the profound thought that death may only greet you with eternal nothingness.
I've had a tough time with Pynchon. I liked him very much when I first read him. I liked him less with each book. He got denser and more complex in a way that didn't really pay off.

