Gravity works in your life, the notion of free will works in your life, however problematic it may at times be.

Keep an eye on the weather, which is changing faster than predicted, and on the new diseases escaping or being made, even as we speak. It's a race between new tech and biosphere bankruptcy, I'd say.

...how much needless despair has been caused by a series of biological mismatches, a misalignment of the hormones and pheromones? Resulting in the fact that the one you love so passionately won't or can't love you. As a species we're pathetic that way: imperfectly monogamous.

What a moron I was to think you were sweet and innocent, when it turns out you were actually college-educated the whole time!

Karen wasn't hard, she was soft, too soft. A soft touch. Her hair was soft, her smile was soft, her voice was soft. She was so soft there was no resistance. Hard things sank into her, they went right through her, and if she made a real effort, out the other side. Then she didn't have to see them or hear them, or even touch them.

I don't think it's a question of whether you eat meat. It's a question of what kind of meat, and where it comes from.

I would not change [my past work] anymore than I would airbrush a photo of myself.