I asked this heroic pet lover how it felt to have died for a schnauzer named Teddy. Salvador Biagiani was philosophical. He said it sure beat dying for absolutely nothing in the Viet Nam War.

The Earthlings behaved at all times as though there were a big eye in the sky—as though that big eye were ravenous for entertainment.

Science is magic that works.

All these years, I've been opening the window and making love to the world.

I wasn't aware of Ku Klux Klan as I was aware of the widespread assumption that African-Americans were dumber than white people. I think my father believed that. I think everybody white did.

He ate a pear. It was a hard one. It fought back against his grinding teeth. It snapped in juicy protest.

The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms.