Everything else was in the past, and the past no longer mattered.

The painful truth is that while we might have the illusion, none of us are free.

Clever's not enough to hold me - I want characters who are more than devices to be moved about for Effect.

Civilization did not come with fire. It came with the discovery of how to use fire to heat water.

Manhattan in the morning is a living stream of Purpose everyone's got a place to be and a problem on their mind. That doesn't mean it's and unfriendly place -- just busy and preoccupied. Personally, I love it. I'm a social creature but there are times and places you just don't want to do more than grunt at your fellow human being.