I do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clear about exactly why.

among a coward's weapons, cynicism is the nastiest of all

...Attempts at imitation would put the emphasis where it didn't belong. The goal was to improve the lives of others, not oneself.

Don't worry about being worried. You're heading out on an adventure and you can always change your mind along the way and try something else.

Public education rests precariously on the skill and virtue of the people at the bottom of the institutional pyramid.

What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative

Curing yourself of obsessive compulsive disorder by going to a strip club is pretty strange.