There is convincing evidence that the search for solitude is not a luxury but a biological need. Just as humans posses a herding instinct that keeps ….

A word once vulgarized can never be rehabilitated..

I like the idea of a trilogy. It's cool. I like the word. When you do four, the word isn't cool - not as cool..

Mr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body..

As thy days, so shall thy strength be..

You got to get it while you can..

He lived at a little distance from his body, regarding his own acts with doubtful side-glances. He had an odd autobiographical habit which led him to….

Nothing chastens a planner more than the knowledge that he will have to carry out the plan..

Thought is borne of failure..

The organization of science into disciplines sets up a series of ghettos with remarkable distances of artificial social space between them..

The Point of Power Is in the Present..

And nobody had told them that they were short on time..

The future did not arrive..

The Founders of the U.S. gave the senators a term of office three times longer than that of a representative precisely to encourage a reflective fram….

In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help train us in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in….

I've had everything pierced at some point..

Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence sweeteneth it..

Distance sometimes endears friendships, and sweetens it - for separation from those we love shows us, by the loss, their real value and dearness to u….

My cats, the ones that I have, were feral when I found them so the relationship that I have with them 10 years in is very mutual, earned, and evolved….

I'm much healthier now..

I love Twitter; I'm on Twitter quite a lot..