Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!
Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction.
My worlds are complex, and often suggest more than one story.
Nothing's hopeless except never trying.
Remember, constantly, that when you talk about 'tense of a subjunctive,' you're not talking about time. You're slipping through degrees of reality.
There are three kinds of people I've found: those who think the universe is good, those who believe it's corrupt, and those who don't want to think about it any more than they can help. I prefer the first two.