I beliebe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.
We'll choose knowledge no matter what, we'll maim ourselves in the process, we'll stick our hands into the flames for it if necessary. Curiosity is not our only motive; love or grief or despair or hat...
I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children.
Fatigue is here, in my body, in my legs and eyes. That is what gets you in the end. Faith is only a word, embroidered.
What were prizes but one more level of control imposed on Art by the establishment?
In the daylight we knowwhat’s gone is gone,but at night it’s different.Nothing gets finished,not dying, not mourning;
There was old sex in the room and loneliness, and expectation, of something without a shape or name. I remember that yearning, and was never the same as the hands that were on us there and then, in th...
The Loneliness of the Military HistorianConfess: it's my professionthat alarms you.This is why few people ask me to dinner,though Lord knows I don't go out of my way to be scary.I wear dresses of sens...
Lose your temper and you lose the fight.
The internet is 95 percent porn and spam
The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.
Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.
We yearned for the future. How did we learn it, that talent for insatiability?
Life is warped. I'm just in sync.
Every Canadian has a complicated relationship with the United States, whereas Americans think of Canada as the place where the weather comes from.
Gardening is not a rational act.
What you don’t know won’t hurt you. A dubious maxim: sometimes what you don’t know can hurt you very much.
The possibility of injury or death was a strong attraction: as the online world became more and more pre-edited and slicked up, and as even its so-called reality sites raised questions about authentic...
It is shocking how many crimes the Bible contains. The Governor's wife should cut them all out and paste them into her scrapbook.
I believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather no shadow unless there is also light.