When all hopes are lost, only then does reality acquire that sharp focus that defines who we are and what we have become.

When all hopes are lost, only then does reality acquire that sharp focus that defines who we are and what we have become.

All it takes to get elected in twenty-first-century America is a mob of frightened sheep and a wolf with a nice smile.

We may exist in all universes, but 'hear' only one because of our limitations, the valve of our desires, our practical, physical needs. All is vibration, with nothing vibrating across no distance whatsoever. All is music. A universe, a world, is just one long difficult song. The difference between worlds is the difference between songs.

Conservatism is not about tradition and morality, hasn't been for many decades... It is about the putative biological and spiritual superiority of the wealthy.

Grief is not productive. It simply represents an inefficiency in accepting change of status.

There is nothing finer in the world than the telling of tales. Split atoms if you wish, but splitting an infinitive-and getting away with it-is far nobler. Lance boils if you wish, but pricking pretensions is often cleaner and always more fun.