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

Nature is more like a seesaw than a crystal, a never-ending conga line of bold moves and corrections.

Couples are jigsaw puzzles that hang together by touching in just enough points. They're never total fits or misfits. In time, a pair invents its own commonwealth, complete with anthems, rituals, and lingos-a cult of two with fallible gods.

Humans are the most successful invasives of all time.

And yet, words are the passkeys to our souls. Without them, we can't really share the enormity of our lives.

The senses don't just make sense of life in bold or subtle acts of clarity, they tear reality apart into vibrant morsels and reassemble them into a meaningful pattern.

We live on the leash of our senses. There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar-net of our senses.