You had to get everything exactly right or the editors would give you hell.

Kurt Vonnegut speaking to John Irving while Irving was administering the Heimlich maneuver in response to Vonnegut's uncontrollable coughing..."John,stop- I am not choking. I have emphysema.

Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey.

Earthlings are the great explainers, explaining why this event is structured as it is, telling how other events may be achieved or avoided.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

Until you die .. it's all life.

It was not the thought that I was so unloved that froze me. I had taught myself to do without love. It was not the thought that God was cruel that froze me. I had taught myself never to expect anything from Him. What froze me was the fact that I had absolutely no reason to move in any direction. What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity. Now even that had flickered out.