Besides, I can't get to where I want to go by conscious or unconscious suicide. I've got my strange little life to lead. Leading it the best I can - that's how I buy the ticket to where I want to be.

... one of those librarians who rules the stacks with an intimidating scowl, whispers quiet sharply enough to lacerate the tender inner tissues of the ear, and will pursue an overdue-book fine with the ferocity of a rabid ferret.

Not an insult sweetie. That was a thirteen word kiss.

Faced with the challenge of an endless universe, Man will be forced to mature further, just as the Neanderthal-faced with an entire planet-had no choice but to grow away from the tradition of savagery.

Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished.

Doubt is poison. It leads to a loss of faith in yourself, and in all that's good and true.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.