The Internet is global and seemingly omniscient, while iPods and phones are all microscopic workings encased in plastic blobjects. Compare that to a steam engine, where you can watch the pistons move and feel the heat of its boilers. I think we miss that visceral appeal of the machine.

Now,young lady,I suppose you're here for a work assignment." Work?" Tally said. They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter.

They walked with a pedatory grace.... one of them ripped off their hood and said, "my name is Tally Youngblood and is a special circumstance".

Dying is one of those things that can’t be fixed. Not by talking about it, not with all the brain surge in the world.

Perhaps it's worth saying again: One reader's discomfort should never stand in the way of another reader's survival.

Your personality - the real you inside - was the price of beauty.

I feel like sometimes my best friend is not my best friend but my mortal enemy