Isn’t it weird?” he said, glancing up as I measured salt. “All the variety that life offers? Here we sit, me reading expressions of creativity.” He held up the poetry book, which to my dismay, was now worn and dog-eared. “And you doing scie...
But in the early 1970s, we were not birdwatching. We were birding, and that made all the difference. We were out to seek, to discover, to chase, to learn, to find as many different kinds of birds as possible — and, in friendly competition, to try t...
Depression is a painfully slow, crashing death. Mania is the other extreme, a wild roller coaster run off its tracks, an eight ball of coke cut with speed. It's fun and it's frightening as hell. Some patients - bipolar type I - experience both extrem...
More people should visit Antarctica, metaphorically speaking, on their own. That is one of the conclusions I have reached, one of my recommendations: explore something, even if it's just a bookshelf. Make a stab in the dark. Read off the beaten path....
The infinitesimal seedlings became a forest of trees that grew courteously, correcting the distances between themselves as they shaped themselves to the promptings of available light and moisture, tempering the climate and the temperaments of the Sco...
A paparazzi is merely an extremely nosy nobody with a camera—and bills to pay.
All that mattered was him looking at me
Being reliable is something. Being good.
Every moment before this one depends on this one.
Our age knows nothing but reaction, and leaps from one extreme to another.
Any order is a balancing act of extreme precariousness.
To many people chess is an extreme sport. It requires thinking.
To love is easy, to be in a relationship is extremely difficult.
Don’t underestimate the value of irony—it is extremely valuable.
If you're not keen on crowds, it might be best to give Edinburgh a miss during festival time when it can get extremely busy.
The newest victims of the nation's foreclosure crisis are pets, which is extremely distressing to me.
I want to question what the outside is and who defines it. I often find those that are considered to be on the outside extremely inspiring.
I've been extremely lucky having been in the army when I was a boy of fourteen.
The most important pathological effects of pollution are extremely delayed and indirect.
The threat from extreme weather events highlights the importance of investing in preparedness.
The mind is a very good slave, but am extremely bad Master
