Memorial stones that we put before God—in the form of prayer and generosity—remind Him of our condition, our need, and our obedience.
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...
Why this candle?Why this cake?The day of my birth is not today.I was born when you said, 'Hey.
Even now I remember those pictures, like pictures in a storybook one loved as a child. Radiant meadows, mountains vaporous in the trembling distance; leaves ankle-deep on a gusty autumn road; bonfires...
It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.
Who are you?Are you in touch with all of your darkest fantasies?Have you created a life for yourself where you can experience them?I have. I am fucking crazy.But I am free.
By far the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.
Instead of being regarded as intelligent or knowledgeable, many a woman would rather be regarded as beautiful or good in the kitchen; many a man, as handsome or good in bed.
One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
In presence of the Moon nobody sees stars.
A bird that fears falling off of a tree branch is ignorant of its gifts.