I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.

You can pretty much trace when the big individual indebtedness kicked in, and it was when the credit card became generally available.

Some bioengineering is good, especially if it results in plants that are more drought-resistant or perennial food crops.

Things written down can cause a great deal of harm. All too often, people don't consider that.

Blondes are like white mice, you only find them in cages. They wouldn’t last long in nature. They’re too conspicuous.

Repeat reading for me shares a few things with hot-water bottles and thumbsucking: comfort, familiarity, the recurrence of the expected.

I wait. I compose myself. My self is a thing I must now compose, as one composes a speech. What I must present is a made thing, not something born.