It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told.

It's hard to have anything isn't it? Rare to get it, hard to keep it. This is a damn slippery planet.

He moves smoothly and slowly, carrying his concentration like a brimming cup.

Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness except greed.

You would think such a day would tremble to begin . . .

When you feel strain, keep your mouth shut if you can.

I collect church collapses, recreationally. Did you see the recent one in Sicily? Marvelous! The facade fell on sixty-five grandmothers at a special mass. Was that evil? If so, who did it? If he's up there, he just loves it, Officer Starling. Typhoid and swans - it all comes from the same place.