Have you noticed," said John, "how countries call theirs 'sovereign nuclear deterrents,' but call the other countries' ones 'weapons of mass destruction'?

My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?

In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction.

But no, we cross, crisscross, and recross our old tracks like figure skaters.

Trees're always a relief, after people.

Probably in a parallel universe not far from here, I'm working for Nintendo.

The human world is made of stories, not people.