A theology whose god is a metaphor is wasting its time.

The realist lies for advantage. The fantasist lies to give his dreams a flavor of reality.

If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.

My father liked to moralize, and so do I. But he was in earnest, while I am embarrassed and pretend that I am merely being witty.

The privacy of reading frees us to entertain the alien.

Pity drowns in numbers.

Pain pays no attention to moans or excuses.