Having got this world for free, we expect to pay dearly for the next.
Jul 142017
Jul 132017
Everyone says what he would never do, and no one knows it.
Jul 122017
Flawlessness is a trivial quality in a work of art.
Jul 112017
Most write to make themselves heard; I write to shut others up.
Jul 102017
Fiction is more confining than history, for fiction must be plausible, while history need only be real.
Jul 072017
Problem, n. In mathematics: A problem. In social science: A state of affairs with which one is unhappy.
Jul 062017
The end of civilization will likely not be preceded by general alarm over civilization’s impending end.
Jul 052017
Problematic, against all odds, has become a useful word, as a sign to stop reading.
Jul 042017
Reasonable, adj. Good at thinking of reasons.
Jul 032017
Democracy and war are the most efficient mechanisms for becoming angry at large groups of people one has never met.