Lik the tree falling in the forest," says Ira. "Huh?" "You know, the old question - if a tree falls in a forest and no one's there to hear it, does it really make a sound?" Howie considers this. "Is it a pine forest, or oak?" "What's the difference?" "Oak is a much denser wood; it's more likely to be heard by someone on the freeway next to the forest where no one is.

I'm Switzerland; neutral as can be, and also with great chocolate.

It was at that moment he realized that his spirit was truly human once more. For he no longer remembered how to be alone without being lonely.

She smiles at them as they go by and continues to play, making it clear that this furnace of a place, full of planes that cannot fly, is more than it seems. It is a womb of redemption for every Unwind, and fora ll those who fought the Heartland War and lost - which was everybody.

I'm scared," he says."I know," says the nurse."I want you all to go to Hell.""That's natural.

It does, Tennyson, because there’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance. There’s a fine line between being assertive and being a bully. And you’re on the wrong side of both lines.

People would cheer throw confetti and then go about breaking the resolutions they had made only moments before.