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His age was indeterminate. But in cynicism and general world weariness, which is a sort of carbon dating of the personality, he was about seven thousa...more

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There's one thing you can say for air pollution, you get utterly amazing sunrises.

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You see a wile, you thwart. Am I right?

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I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish wh...more

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Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.

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It's like people care more about their pride than about what's correct, about the truth.

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This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.

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Its like people care more abput their pride than about what's correct, about the truth.

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Tiffany jumped when she saw a balloon sail up above the trees, catch the wind, and swoop away, but it turned out to be just a balloon and not a lump o...more

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never ask the tight-rope walker how he keeps his balance. if he stops to think about it, he falls off

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That’s what being alive is, Thing! It’s being badly prepared for everything! Because you only get one chance, Thing!

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Yes, but nomes aren’t hard to make,” said Dorcas. “You just need other nomes.” “You’re weird.

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The living often don’t appreciate how complicated the world looks when you are dead, because while death frees the mind from the straitjacket of three...more

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She’d struck Esk once before – the blow a baby gets to introduce it to the world and give it a rough idea of what to expect from life.

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Look at it like this, it's not that we're making life, we're simply giving life a place to live.