Imagine being served a plate of sushi. But this plate also holds all of the animals that were killed for your serving of sushi. The plate might have to be five feet across.

The end of suffering does not justify the suffering, what a mess I am, I thought, what a fool, how foolish and narrow, how worthless, how pinched and pathetic, how helpless.

She laughed enough to migrate an entire flock of birds. That was how she said yes

It broke my heart into more pieces than my heart was made of, why can't people say what they mean at the time?

In truth I was manufacturing a brick wall of shits.

It would be refreshing to have a politician try to defend guns without any reference to the Second Amendment, but on the merits of guns.

The only thing worse than being sad is for others to know you are sad.