But when you slice truth too thin, you deceive.

Humans were peculiar. They were by turns squeamish and appallingly violent.

But not all scars showed, did they?

Dogs make sense. They understand hierarchy and the need to cooperate. They come when you call them. A cat though—a cat will take your number and get back to you. Maybe. If he’s in a good mood.

Women were complicated creatures. Any man who thought he had one figured out simply wasn't paying attention.

Regrets are the most useless form of guilt. They always arrive too late to do any good.

We don't go to the ocean for anything as simple as happiness, do we? We go there to feel alive. Like life, the ocean holds chance and change, grief and terror and beauty. It promises mortality, not peace.