Of course, the more you read, the more you learn, and ultimately there is more information than you can ever use. The difficulty is that as an outsider, you know you're too ignorant for your own good, and so the urge to keep researching and *never* start writing is pretty strong.

I do not fight battles that cannot be won. Do not confuse that with cowardice.

An untrampled scorpion troubles no one.

She smiles at him, too young to know him for a stranger, and too innocent yet to care.

Of course, the more you read, the more you learn, and ultimately there is more information than you can ever use. The difficulty is that as an outsider, you know you're too ignorant for your own good, and so the urge to keep researching and *never* start writing is pretty strong.

Food should come from the place of its origin, and stay there. It shouldn't spend its time crisscrossing the globe for the sake of profit.

We write dust epitaphs for our vanquished enemies and watch them blow away in the desert wind.