“You know, my young friend, I will be ninety years old next year, and life is still a constant surprise to me. We never know what will happen next, what we will see, and what important person will come into our life, or what important person we will lose. Life is change, constant change, and unless we are lucky enough to find comedy in it, change is nearly always a drama, if not a tragedy. But after everything, and even when the skies turn scarlet and threatening, I still believe that if we are lucky enough to be alive, we must give thanks for the miracle of every moment of every day, no matter how flawed.”
― Beneath a Scarlet Sky
― Beneath a Scarlet Sky
“The best thing is to grieve for the people you loved and lost, and then welcome and love the new people life puts in front of you.”
― Beneath a Scarlet Sky
― Beneath a Scarlet Sky
“How do you find happiness?” Anna paused, then said, “You start by looking right around you for the blessings you have.”
― Beneath a Scarlet Sky
― Beneath a Scarlet Sky
“And what if they took over? What if they relieved us of power? We tend to assume that sentient machines would be inevitably demonic. But what if they were responsible leaders? Could they do much worse than we’ve done? They would immediately institute a system of laws. The constitution would be algorithmic. They would govern the world according to functions and the axioms their programmers gave them.”
― Speak
― Speak
“I understood that ideal conversations move in widening spirals, starting with the minute then building toward statements of greater importance. The problem, however, is that conversations too often stay flat. It is distressing how often we repeat ourselves. When we ask questions, we know the answers already. We’ve grown accustomed to horizontal communication, flatlining banalities and droning insignificance.”
― Speak
― Speak
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