“Evil was defined as the use of power to destroy the spiritual growth of others for the purpose of defending and preserving the integrity of their own sick selves.” M. Scott Peck from People of the Lie The emergency did not begin at the election....
“I am in Lucinda Williams’s bedroom, and have been struck by a number of things. Above the headboard, and nailed to the wall, is a shiny, glitter-sprinkled, heart-shaped pink valentine from Jesus, who is depicted inside a diminishing succession of...
“To be sure, I can pick up a book, read it and reread it with pleasure; but it does not possess me deeply unless I find in it the marks of thought equal in power to that of language itself.” Paul Valéry Once in a while I get to ride over the East River on...
“I haven’t done much; swam a bit, read a thing or two, loved nothing. It was not a time of poverty, though. I had to dig around and accustom myself to the sight of corpses. Worse than the lack of achievement was the fact that a lot was started. Oh well,...
“A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head. Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things. Some shall be pardoned, and some punishèd.” —from Romeo and Juliet Some Stuff I Know About Virginia Woolf...
“This game is so much fun, we do not care who wins.” —Stephen Huneck, from Sally Goes to the Farm am I traumatizing my children are other people happier than me do I generate too much garbage why am I so selfish why is everyone else so selfish if I took...
