I've been accused of being aloof. I'm not. I'm just wary.
While progress should never come to a halt, there are many places it should never come to at all.
I have vision and the rest of the world wears bifocals.
I wanted, I think, to acknowledge Luck: the chance of it, the benevolence of it in my life, and the brutality of it in the lives of others; made especially savage for children because they may not be allowed the good fortune of a lifetime to correct it.
You only grow when you are alone.
What could be better than to hold your hand out to people less fortunate than you are?