I feel obligated to point out, though, that I have always been a sucker for ideas I find aesthetically pleasing. The cosmic sweep of the thing - an in...
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Of all the things a man may do, sleep probably contributes most to keeping him sane. It puts brackets about each day. If you do something foolish or p...
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I'm very gullible when it comes to my own words. I believe everything I say, though I know I am a liar.
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He smelled the smells of commerce and listened to the cursing of the sailors, both of which he admired: the former, as it reeked of wealth, and the la...
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Do you work for the government, any government?”"I pay taxes, which means I work for the government, part of the time. Yes.
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In the State of Denmark there was the odor of decay...
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I like libraries. It makes me feel comfortable and secure to have walls of words, beautiful and wise, all around me. I always feel better when I can s...
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To paraphrase Oedipus, Hamlet, Lear, and all those guys, "I wish I had known this some time ago.
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Collins and Morales represent a segment of society which, if attacked with the weapons society sanctions, one finds buffered by innumerable layers of ...
