This great blue world of ours is but a house of leaves, moments before the wind.

Knowledge is hot water on wool. It shrinks time and space.

At the heart of any terror is the fear of losing what we find meaningful.

...she still cannot resist looking out the window every couple of minutes. The sound of a passing truck causes her to glance away. Even if there is no sound, the weight of a hundred seconds always turns her head.

Not all complex problems have easy solutions; so says science (so warns science.)

...life's big. If you can't fix it, give it a spin.

What miracle is this? This giant tree. It stands ten thousand feet high But doesn't reach the ground. Still it stands. Its roots must hold the sky.