If we do overcome linear time, I would hope this means dwelling more directly in the fertility of the imagination rather than denying it, as some aspects of Buddhism seem to.

I grew up with tarot cards and the reading of tea leaves.

My favourite tea is lapsang souchong.

I'm more a dog person than a cat person.

I grew up in North Devon, by the sea, and feel a special affinity for the landscape there, despite a lack of actual ancestry.

I was born in the seventies, age of bad haircuts and grainy colour photos.

I've never been baptised.

[My muse] is, in fact, a woman of the world, and precisely because of this, hopes that a diversity of cultures will endure, and that one bland monoculture does not swamp everything.

If we do want to do that [ colonise space to survive, ], then vacuous materialism is not going to be enough for us.

Some Buddhists, however, never seem to get past the void, and I suppose I view this as a kind of Buddhist 'Old Testament' that I don't especially like.

I seemed to recall some words from an old Zen master, something like, "My Zen cuts down mountains." My rejection of Buddhism was a cutting down of mountains; that is precisely how it felt to me.

Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.

I'm grateful for everything. I'm grateful for my health, and I'm so grateful for the love in my life.

I kept believing that, if I got my innings in, it would come. I just kept believing.

When I see three balls, I just swing at the middle one.

I start at the beginning, mentally screaming every obscenity I can in alphabetical order. Then I start setting them to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Did you just call me old? I really prefer the word 'experienced'.

The knowingness of little girls, is hidden underneath their curls.

Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.

Strategy is something anyone can learn. But not all coaches take the time to understand a man's personality.

It's easy to imagine an infinite number of situations where the government might legitimately give out false information.