Silence creates it's own violence.

I’ve got...ways of tricking my brain into getting what I need out of it

There's also a lot of gritty Americana type of bands. I actually have a lot of Britpop on my iPod, too.

I don't believe that climate-change fiction will change the mind of a denier because most of the deniers I've met are basically in a cult situation. It's a faith issue. It's not a rational issue. There's no fact that's going to change their mind. They simply believe in the cult of climate-change denial and it somehow feeds into the rest of the mythos of their own life story.

History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all.

An inordinate love of ritual can be harmful to the soul, unless, of course, in times of great crisis, when ritual can protect the soul from fracture.

But what if you discover that the price of purpose is to render invisible so many other things?