We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.

The word 'excess' has no meaning for a male.

If aliens are really hanging out in our 'hood, it's hard to imagine any other fact more worthy of study. If not, then why does such a large fraction of the populace insist on believing they're here?

We are visual creatures. Visual things stay put, whereas sounds fade.

It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint, it is because we ourselves are dying.