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“You used to sing a song, a haunting melody – always the same melody – but the words would always change. They’d be about anything and everything and nothing at all, just whatever was going on in your heart and your mind at the time. Do you remember that song?”
― The Threat Below
― The Threat Below
“And what is good, Phaedrus,
And what is not good—
Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
And what is not good—
Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
“Life is hard, Mr. Scoresby, but we cling to it all the same.” “And this journey we’re on? Is that folly or wisdom?” “The greatest wisdom I know.”
― His Dark Materials
― His Dark Materials
“Reagan filled his inner circle with pro-industry scientists who denied the reality of every environmental ill from acid rain to climate change. And seemingly overnight, banning and tightly regulating harmful industrial practices went from being bipartisan political practice to a symptom of “command and control environmentalism.”
― This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
― This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
“Wish me good luck, please,” I whisper.
“On one condition,” Philemone says. “Remember, what you call luck is the meeting of opportunity and flexibility.”
I smile, weakly.
“Good luck,” she says. “Now go.”
― Brainwalker
“On one condition,” Philemone says. “Remember, what you call luck is the meeting of opportunity and flexibility.”
I smile, weakly.
“Good luck,” she says. “Now go.”
― Brainwalker
Erminia’s 2025 Year in Books
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