I've always liked libraries. They're quiet and full of books and full of knowledge.

People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they'll go to any length to live longer. But don't think that's the reason most people run. Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest.

Whoa!" he says with a smile. The wrinkles at the corners of his eyes deepen. "Chicken salad a la George Orwell!

Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it may go on. The heart and flesh of an empty shell give birth to nothing more than the life of an empty shell.

Somewhere in his body--perhaps in the marrow of his bones--he would continue to feel her absence.

Most near-future fictions are boring. It's always dark and always raining, and people are so unhappy.

It seems to me that very sad things always contain an element of the comical