When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story.

Needing something is not the same thing as being interested in the thing itself.

The twentieth century has built up a powerful set of intellectual shortcuts and devices that help us defend ourselves against moments when clouds suddenly appear to think.

There is such a thing as the poetry of a mistake, and when you say, "Mistakes were made, " you deprive an action of its poetry, and you sound like a weasel.

After all, addiction is just the last stage of consumerism.

..there was a moment when the living room vanished and I saw a great, mushroom-shaped cloud rising into a blue sky. I saw it quite distinctly.

That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened-good, bad, or anywhere in between-it was always, if nothing else, all your own.

I would not anticipate the relish of any happiness, nor feel the weight of any misery, before it actually arrives.

I have so many messy moments.

Long ago, among other lies they were taught that silence was bravery.

A lot of the conventions aren't full of "Cheers" fans. They are more themed for fans of monsters and zombies.

The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.

I tend to attack the challenges that are right in front of me, the ones that I have today.

General knowledges are those knowledges that idiots possess.

Bringing an end to mass government surveillance needs to be a central pillar of returning to the principles we have put in jeopardy in the early 21st century.