Peter Aykroyd has a wonderful eye for the telling detail, cameos that stick in the mind. Thse are the little touches that make it past come alive.

The relationship between truth and reason:"Truth cannot be reached by reason alone!

...there are books...which you can't tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.

She walked beside Jared, four inches of rain-dashed darkness between her hanging wrist and his.

You may not be able to change a situation, but with humor you can change your attitude about it.

We're at peak oil, peak water, peak resources, and so either we figure it out and let science lead or we head down a very bad, dark trail to where a lot of people aren't going to make it.

To be comic is merely to be playful, but wit is a serious matter. To laugh at it is to confess that you do not understand.

Zen is not about eliminating thoughts but illuminating them.

I could see flames from the windows of my chambers. For the next three or four days we had major rioting here in Washington and I stayed at the court day and night.

Many professors are Marxists or other varieties of radicals who hate America.