Isn't it amazing how it's always the very people who insist other people be grateful for charity that get the most insulted when they're offered charity themselves? I've often noticed it.

...I'm in a little bubble of warmth, just like I had with Ellis, a place I never thought I'd be again.

It tales two to Tao.

Thank you, " I said bravely, dropping the syllables cleanly, like marbles, and secretly full of the most pathetic pride imaginable. I had spoken to strangers.

The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.

Since reason is man’s basic means of survival, that which is proper to the life of a rational being is the good; that which negates, opposes or destroys it is the evil.

In the whole of the universe there are only two: the lover and the beloved.

Beliefs should be like the rest of life, and real life isn't rules but learning and adaption.

In solitude, you accumulate energy to spend in crowds; and in crowds, you accumulate energy to spend in solitude!

But I don't really listen to much be-bop at all at the moment.

Cooking is a life skill. We need to eat every day so why not find out about what you're putting into your body?