The Fourteenth Book is entitled, "What can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years?" It doesn't take long to read The Fourteenth Book. It consists of one word and a period. This is it: "Nothing.

What a bummer it is to be a human being.

Future generations will look back on TV as the lead in the water pipes that slowly drove the Romans mad.

Unannounced changes in life's itinerary are like dancing lessons from God.

Man created the checkerboard; God created the karass.

You are better than you think.

I go on many thrilling adventures and wondrous, profound escapades through books.