My upstairs brain and my downstairs brain engaged in a game of risk and it was downstairs’ turn to roll the dice.

I didn’t like trusting, I didn’t like setting greater than mild expectations,

I had reclusive tendencies for a reason, I couldn’t be trusted to live in the world and make decisions on my own.

Furthermore, I preferred to only have cravings I could satisfy without the requirement or assistance of another person. This was, after all, the definition of self-reliance.

I was determined to stay off the see-saw of crazy

Dixon was not unconscious of this awed reverence which was given to her

You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.

Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.

Begin and you're halfway there.

Quantitative easing prints money & causes inflation.

There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.

I believe that one of the best ways of getting at truth is reflecting with others who have opposing views and who share your interest in finding the truth rather than being proven right

The good nail will do its job regardless what kind of hammer comes its way and what kind of surface it sits on.

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

The slaves of custom and established mode, With pack-horse constancy we keep the road Crooked or straight, through quags or thorny dells, True to the jingling of our leader's bells.