Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points.

Our skin is what stands between us and the world.

There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.

the biggest threat to the religious experience may well come from organized religion itself.

In our heart we know that life loves life. Yet we feast on some of the other life-forms with which we share our planet; we kill to live. Taste is what carries us across that rocky moral terrain, what makes the horror palatable, and the paradox we could not defend by reason melts into a jungle of sweet temptations.

Mystery causes a mental itch, which the brain tries to soothe with the balm of reasonable talk.

Working from home meant we could vary snack and coffee breaks, change our desks or view, goof off, drink on the job, even spend the day in pajamas, and often meet to gossip or share ideas. On the other hand, we bossed ourselves around, set impossible goals, and demanded longer hours than office jobs usually entail. It was the ultimate "flextime," in that it depended on how flexible we felt each day, given deadlines, distractions, and workaholic crescendos.