God creates us free, free to be selfish, but He adds a mechanism that will penetrate our selfishness and wake us up to the presence of others in this world, and that mechanism is called suffering.

We write to know we are not alone

God creates us free, free to be selfish, but He adds a mechanism that will penetrate our selfishness and wake us up to the presence of others in this world, and that mechanism is called suffering.

If you die, I'll die.' 'But is you live, I'll live.' - Bowman and Kestrel, Firesong

The English seem to think drinking wine is like committing adultery, something you do rarely and abroad.

Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn fast.

He accepted what each moment brough him, and never troubled himself with matters that were outside his control.