Writing

Twenty-four hours in a day, 365 days in a year, maybe 70 years in a life, and perhaps your time is worth $25 per hour: That means your existence is worth more than $15 million. Live large.

Humans would have killed off cows centuries ago if not for their meat and milk. So it stands to reason that vegans hate animals and want them to die, especially cows.

Marginalia are one-sided conversations with writers who care not at all about what we think.

It’s true what they say: A chain is only as strong as its weakest link — so don’t use chains to bind anything you care about.

Nature looks less natural on afternoon walks than on National Geographic TV episodes.

Most parents act as if their job is to domesticate the musicality of their children’s poetry.

Assume everyone you know is dead, so if you see them you will be pleased by their presence, and when you learn eventually of their actual deaths, one by one, the familiarity of their assumed absence will embrace you like a friend.

Angry conversations are lost opportunities for silent walks.

If something is just like riding a bike, that’s not great for people who can’t ride a bike.

The children who know they’re not adults are wiser than the adults who don’t know they’re still children.