How could anyone stay sane with entire lifetimes stored in one human mind?

It's odd how violence and humor so often go together, isn't it?

The sum of the crowd's IQ was far below that of its most modest single member. Mobs have passions, not brains.

As long as my sixth graders showed an average improvement of five years, the principal and district pretty much left me alone to create my own curriculum and teach whatever I wanted

It is a mystery, and to tell the truth, I am intrigued by mysteries even if this is to be my last week of enjoying them. I would welcome some glimmer of understanding but, failing that, working on the puzzle will suffice.

You have to live to really know things, my love

I think all the simple things can and do still work - holding your child's hand while walking across the street will do it. But we can hardly hear it for all the noise which has turned love into a cliche, and most people can't even hear John Lennon's "All You Need Is Love" anymore without wincing.