It appears history is going to keep happening, despite our hopes for retirement.

It isn't whether you do it well or ill, it's that you do it all.

From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings.

Speaking uses us up, speeds us up. Without prayer, that act of confession for merely existing, one might live forever and not know it.

Elphaba looked like something between an animal and an Animal, like something more than life but not quite Life.

I actually prefer female voices to listen to, mostly, but among the male singers whose voices I like are Jeff Buckley, Art Garfunkel, that sort of voice. Contemporary crooners rather than rockers.

I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose. I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered.