How little are we ourselves, and how strenuously do we play at it!
Apr 042023
Being
Identity, that spectator of what he calls himself,
That net and aggregate of energies in transient combination.
—Cunningham
Apr 032023
To be great is to be more than the sum of one’s parts; the usual case is to be less.
Mar 232023
Problems are generally minor; the disasters are the solutions.
Mar 092023
Things are not always what they seem, but that’s the way to bet.
Mar 062023
The more you hope a story is true, the likelier it is to be false.
Mar 012023
Unambiguous instances of humans overriding their biology are scarce, and suicide, the most drastic, commands respect, if only on that score.
Feb 142023
It is often alleged of policies that they are employed in the interest of Social Darwinism; one doubts it, but if they are, they have manifestly failed.
Feb 032023
A cause to die for attracts the man with little to live for.
Jan 252023
Whatever you have done, you are the sort of person who would do that.
Jan 172023
Nothing bores in on a man like his own uselessness, and no job title, salary, praise or prestige will permit him to hide it from himself.