The only thing we require to be good philosophers is the faculty of wonder.

A Russian cosmonaut and a Russian brain surgeon were once discussing Christianity. The brain surgeon was a Christian, but the cosmonaut wasn’t. ‘I have been in outer space many times,’ bragged the cosmonaut, ‘but I have never seen any angels.’ The brain surgeon stared in amazement, but then he said, ‘And I have operated on many intelligent brains, but I have never seen a single thought.

Some are more equal than others.

Where both reason and experience fall short, there occurs a vacuum that can be filled by faith.

And although I have seen nothing but black crows in my life, it doesn't mean that there's no such thing as a white crow. Both for a philosopher and for a scientist it can be important not to reject the possibility of finding a white crow. You might almost say that hunting for 'the white crow' is science's principal task.

I think about my editor when I write. She's a good friend, too.

Love, your own witch-daughter, Queen of the Mirror and the Highest Protector of Irony