You realize that there's no point in doing anything if nobody's watching. You wonder, if there had been a low turnout at the crucifixion, would they have rescheduled?

You kill strangers deliberately so you don't accidentally kill the people you love.

Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions.

Real writers write because they love to write. They don't write for public acclaim.

Just let your hand drop; and let fate decide for you.

How this feels is I'm just another task in God's daily planner: The Renaissance pencilled in for right after the Dark Ages. The Information Age is scheduled immediately after the Industrial Revolution. Then the Post-Modern Era, then The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Famine. Check. Pestilence. Check. War. Check. Death. Check. And between the big events, the earthquakes and tidal waves, God's got me squeezed in for a cameo appearance. Then maybe in thirty years, or maybe next year, God's daily planner has me finished.

Control the things you can control. As for the rest - God bless it all.