The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing. X claims a, Y claims b. They make arguments to support their claims with any number of points. But when their listeners remember the discussion, what matters is simply that X believes a and Y believes b. People then form their judgment on what they think of X and Y.

Desire is life trying to continue to be life. All living things desire... Life is wanting.

It was a mistake to speak one's mind at any time, unless it perfectly matched your political purpose; and it never did.

Every moment an epiphany arrives and cleaves the mountain asunder

First you fall in love with Antarctica, and then it breaks your heart.

Logic was to cognition as geometry was to landscape

The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing. X claims a, Y claims b. They make arguments to support their claims with any number of points. But when their listeners remember the discussion, what matters is simply that X believes a and Y believes b. People then form their judgment on what they think of X and Y.