“In fact, these two episodes were so consistently fine — goofy, clever, surprising, and unaffectedly emotional — that they reinforced the notion that the relationship between a show and a viewer really is a relationship, or at least a self-contained, virtual version of a relationship.”
“I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.”
“It all seems so very arbitrary. I applied for a job at this company because they were hiring. I took a desk at the back because it was empty. But no matter how you get there or where you end up, human beings have this miraculous gift to make that place home.”
“One strong cup of tea is better than twenty weak ones.”
I don’t agree with him on all of this rules, but you’ve got to love a man who so thoroughly appreciates a good cup of tea!
“Behind the First Amendment is the notion that good ideas have a natural buoyancy that bad ideas do not.”
Michael Kinsley, “Ben Carson and Gay Marriage Police”
A good article on the importance of tolerance.
“… you gave me forever within our numbered days … .”
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”
“Life is hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid. Don’t be stupid.”
“Hard is not hopeless.”
“I have but one passion: to enlighten those who have been kept in the dark, in the name of humanity which has suffered so much and is entitled to happiness.”
