Christianity stretches back through the ages, but in essence it exists only at one time: right now.

Work, work, work, but what mark do we leave, what point do we make? People who are too beholden to work become like erasers: as things move forward, they leave in their wake no trace of themselves.

As for hearing, the sloth is not so much deaf as uninterested in sound.

First wonder goes deepest; wonder after that fits in the impression made by the first.

You bring joy and pain in equal measure. Joy because you are with me, but pain because it wont be for long.

Why can't reason give greater answers? Why can we throw a question further than we can pull in an answer? Why such a vast net if there's so little fish to catch?

I had to stop hoping so much that a ship would rescue me. I should not count on outside help. Survival had to start with me. In my experience, a castaway’s worst mistake is to hope too much and to do too little. Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one’s life away.