I Came Into Adult Life Equipped With

When I Am Near The End Of A Book, I Have To Sleep In The Same Room With It.

The Fancy That Extraterrestrial Life Is By Definition Of A Higher Order Than Our Own Is One That Soothes All Children, And Many Writers.

Self-respect Is A Question Of Recognizing That Anything Worth Having Has A Price.

Most Death Now Happens In Hospitals. It's Been Medicalized. It Happens Away From Where We Deal With It Directly. And That's A Huge Change. At The Beginning Of The 20th Century Most People Died At Home. Death Was Much More Common.

I Hadn't Thought That I Was Generally A Pack Rat, But It Turns Out I Am.