Andy

“The totality of human endeavour is nothing when set against the stars.”
― Tom Sweterlitsch, The Gone World

“We should keep at it. Swearing is a powerful instrument, socially and emotionally. If women and men want to communicate as equals, we need to be equals in the ways in which we are allowed to express ourselves. Sod social censure. Let us allow men to cry and women to swear: we need both means of expression.”
― Emma Byrne, Swearing Is Good For You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language

“Yes, this is what I want to do. I want to sit alone in a cubicle all day and think about words and not really talk to anybody else. That sounds great!”
― Kory Stamper, Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

“There is no design. The universe isn’t kind or cruel. The universe is vast and indifferent to our desires.”
― Tom Sweterlitsch, The Gone World