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So Far Gone
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Technology, as he saw it, had finally succeeded in shrinking the globe, so much so that every news story felt dangerous and personal, every war a threat to his family, every firestorm, hurricane, and melting ice cap a local disaster, the
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“It’s never enough, is it? Time. We always think we have so much of it, but when it really counts, we don’t have enough at all.”
― Under the Whispering Door
― Under the Whispering Door
“Parents who name their children after themselves are stripping them of an identity, reminding them who they belong to.”
― Tender Is the Flesh
― Tender Is the Flesh
“You live and learn. At any rate, you live.”
― Mostly Harmless
― Mostly Harmless
“Truly to enjoy bodily warmth, some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”
― Mostly Harmless
― Mostly Harmless
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