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You don’t get to have an opinion on whether .999… is equal to 1, for instance. It is equal to 1. People smarter than us have worked hard to figure thi...more

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But of course, the universe does not conspire to put you in one place rather than another.

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I was struck by an awful thought, the kind that cannot be taken back once it escapes into the open air of consciousness; it seemed to me that this was...more

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My dad finished chewing something and then put his fork down and looked at me. 'The longer I do my job,' he said. 'the more I realize that humans lack...more

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I called Isaac, who cursed life and the universe and God Himself and who said where are the goddamned trophies to break when you need them, and then I...more

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Who am I to say that these things might not be forever? Who is Peter Van Houten to assert as fact the conjecture that our labor is temporary? All I kn...more

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what we want is to be noticed by the universe, to have the universe give a shit what happens to us- not the collective idea of sentient life but each ...more

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and I told myself -- as I've told myself before -- that the body shuts down then the pain gets too bad, that consciousness is temporary, that this wil...more

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All I know of heaven and all I know of death is in this park: an elegant universe in ceaseless motion, teeming with ruined ruins and screaming childre...more