Life is a vacation from two eternities, who wants to waste those precious years worrying about what happens when you get back to forever?

How far would people get in physics if discovery was described as disgusting - "Your formula is disgusting and filthy"? Not very far.

There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.

An addict never stops growing. Stupider.

Cat hate reflects an ugly, stupid, loutish, bigoted spirit. There can be no compromise with this Ugly Spirit.

danger is a biologic necessity, like dreams. if you face death, for that time, for the period of direct confrontation, you are immortal.

Evidence indicates that cats were first tamed in Egypt. The Egyptians stored grain, which attracted rodents, which attracted cats. (No evidence that such a thing happened with the Mayans, though a number of wild cats are native to the area.) I don't think this is accurate. It is certainly not the whole story. Cats didn't start as mousers. Weasels and snakes and dogs are more efficient as rodent-control agents. I postulate that cats started as psychic companions, as Familiars, and have never deviated from this function.