You do what you have to do to give people closure; it makes them feel better and it doesn't cost you much to do it. I'd rather apologize for something I didn't really care about and leave someone on Earth wishing me well.

Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; its a privately owned space on the Internet.

When you're a teenager and you're in love, it's obvious to everyone but you and the person you're in love with.

When you lose someone you love, you die too, and you wait around for your body to catch up.

Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us.

In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly.

As a reader, I have a very short attention span and a low tolerance for boredom, and I find that comes in handy with my writing. If I get bored writing something, I pity the people who will then try to read it.