Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.

My ancestors came over from Germany about the time of the Civil War and one of them lost a leg and went back to Germany.

if there is a god, he sure hates people

Puny man can do nothing at all to help or please God Almighty, and Luck is not the hand of God.

Swoopers write a story quickly, higgledy-piggledy, crinkum-crankum, any which way. Then they go over it again painstakingly, fixing everything that is just plain awful or doesn’t work. Bashers go one sentence at a time, getting it exactly right before they go on to the next one. When they’re done they’re done.

We're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive. It's pretty dense kids who haven't figured that out by the time they're ten.... Most kids can't afford to go to Harvard and be misinformed.

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.