Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't in us. It's almost as if were put here on earth to show how silly they aren't.

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history.

Fidelity is a matter of perception; nobody is unfaithful to the sea or to mountains or to death: once recognized they fill the heart.

Is there an existence that is only mine?

Sometimes there's nothing but Sundays for weeks on end. Why can't they move Sunday to the middle of the week so you could put it in the OUT tray on your desk?

A family is everybody all together.

I have no wisdom and nothing useful to tell you - I only mentioned this because it came into my head.