Josh Manderville

“A man could rant and smash and grapple with the State Police, and still the sprinklers whirled at dusk on every lawn and the television droned in every living room.”
― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

“If one's different, one's bound to be lonely.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

“The moon will never lie to anyone. Be like the moon. No one hates the moon or wants to kill it. The moon does not take antidepressants and never gets sent to prison. The moon never shot a guy in the face and ran away. The moon has been around a long time and has never tried to rip anyone off. The moon does not care who you want to touch or what color you are. The moon treats everyone the same. The moon never tries to get in on the guest list or use your name to impress others. Be like the moon. When others insult or belittle in an attempt to elevate themselves, the moon sits passively and watches, never lowering itself to anything that weak. The moon is beautiful and bright. It needs no makeup to look beautiful. The moon never shoves clouds out of its way so it can be seen. The moon needs not fame or money to be powerful. The moon never asks you to go to war to defend it. Be like the moon.”
― Henry Rollins, Solipsist

“Evolution doesn’t invent new cells or organs very often. In the same sense, once organ systems have been established by natural selection, they don’t go extinct (though some organs lose their function—for instance the human appendix, which was originally larger in our ancestors, as seen in other mammals, and used to digest cellulose at an earlier stage of mammalian evolution). Through the long course of evolution, organs have retained their physiological functions, even if sometimes they get used in new ways. It’s not at all uncommon to find ancient organs co-opted, or perhaps “improved upon” by more recent taxa, while at the same time retaining their basic functions under new environmental circumstances.”
― Greg Graffin, Population Wars: A New Perspective on Competition and Coexistence