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the rich texture that nature’s randomness brings to the real world.
Reading, I had learned, was as creative a process as writing, sometimes more so. When we read of the dying rays of the setting sun or the boom and swish of the incoming tide, we should reserve as much praise for ourselves as for the author. After all, the reader is doing all the work—the writer might have died long ago.
his hits were greater than the sum of his misses, and such is the way with greatness.
arrived at Jurisfiction. You all did.” I shook my head sadly. She was consumed by hate. But instead of trying to deal with it, she just projected it onto everyone around her. I sighed.
If we convince ourselves that something is possible, it becomes so. It’s called the Schrödinger Night Fever principle.”
that was at the nub of the whole ethical-dilemma argument. You never come out on top, no matter what. The only way to win the game is not to
The thing you discover in Poetry…is your true personality. The
Keep people reading books, Mum; it helps to reinforce and strengthen the indefinable moment that anchors us in the here-and-now.
