Jonathon Conley

“solipsist”
― Greg Egan, Axiomatic

“The great and terrible thing about humankind is simply this: we will always do what we are capable of.”
― Ray Nayler, The Mountain in the Sea

“In the Principia Mathematica, Bertrand Russell and Alfred Whitehead attempted to give a rigorous foundation to mathematics using formal logic as their basis. They began with what they considered to be axioms, and used those to derive theorems of increasing complexity. By page 362, they had established enough to prove “1 + 1 = 2.”
― Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

“When food meets needs at “multiple levels,” it provides a feeling of “completeness” and offers a satisfaction that’s altogether different from being stuffed.”
― Mark Schatzker, The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor