Every time we burn a gallon of gas or an acre of rain forest, aren't we killing the future to preserve the present?

You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else.

Men are destroyed for being rebellious, and women destroy themselves by failing to be rebellious. Unless you can make that next jump to either getting along with people or resisting people, you are ultimately destroying yourself.

You could go church and you could describe your worst behavior, your worst self, and despite your worst behavior you would be forgiven and then redeemed and then accepted back into the community through communion. So you didn't have to carry this burden your entire life. Once a week you went someplace you went someplace where you could really look terrible and be loved despite how terrible you were.

Books can create a depth of story, a background of information and ideas, that televison and movies can't. Sure, the television shows may shock, but only on a superficial level. They'd never risk market share to really explore the issues. They report, but don't analyze or suggest any new ways for living our lives.

Seek midday nourishment. Visit memorial acclaimed war hero Colonel Sanders.

I don't want to die without any scars.