Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in existence and hurl themselves upon it. Women know where it lives but they can let it…

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Explorers have to be ready to die lost.

Explorers have to be ready to die lost.

If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son, then...

If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son, then...

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human...

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human...

There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent...

There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent...

When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What...

When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What...

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human...

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human...

But when I don't smoke I scarcely feel as if I'm living. I don't feel...

But when I don't smoke I scarcely feel as if I'm living. I don't feel...

After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same...

After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same...

An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of...

An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of...

Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't...

Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't...

An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of...

An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of...

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it...

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it...

You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come...

You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come...

The only new ideas that are not subject to our skepticism or suspicion are our...

The only new ideas that are not subject to our skepticism or suspicion are our...

Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the...

Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the...

We are more connected than ever before, more able to spread our ideas and beliefs,...

We are more connected than ever before, more able to spread our ideas and beliefs,...

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

An idea is never given to you without you being given the power to make...

An idea is never given to you without you being given the power to make...

You can get in way more trouble with a good idea than a bad idea,...

You can get in way more trouble with a good idea than a bad idea,...

It was just a whimsical idea that escalated when so many crazy ladies took it...

It was just a whimsical idea that escalated when so many crazy ladies took it...