If being a decent soul is being maternal, then fine. I'll call it human.

Action without study is fatal.

Fame is fickle. If the media turn against me, I will just have more time in the library. Not bad as a fate.

Hunting, bathing, gaming, laughing: that's living (venari lavare ludere ridere occest vivere).

Love is a flower of mind.

Disclosing one's "deep, dark secrets" makes them no less deep or dark or secret than any other petty flaw.

I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.

On Twitter, people like me regularly get called "sore losers" by Trumpeters. It just makes me roll my eyes. This is not about winning and losing. We all lost, even them, they just don't know it yet.

Dramatics are what keep you in the seats.

Beautiful colors exist, though we do not realize it, and are glimpsed behind the veil that modesty has drawn over them.

Fantasy allows for less rigorous worldbuilding and more vigorous exploration of moral questions. Sci-fi is opp.

A tranquil conscience invites freedom from anguish, sorrow, guilt, shame, and self-condemnation. It provides a foundation for happiness. It is a condition of immense worth.

I think what's actually happened is print media is becoming obsolete, and this is like the floundering corpse of a dying media. It is just twitching.

Look upon every man, woman, and everyone as God. You cannot help anyone, you can only serve: serve the children of the Lord, serve the Lord Himself, if you have the privilege.