When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry.

You can register a political objection in a number of ways.

I woke up thinking a very pleasant thought. There is lots left in the world to read.

The question any novel is really trying to answer is, Is life worth living?

Wikipedia flourished partly because it was a shrine to altruism.

When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry.

Spoon the sauce over the ice cream. It will harden. This is what you have been working for.