Nobody invents themselves so we’re left to choose between perfecting or reinventing ourselve… Nobody’s perfect of course

In the act of creating new life men presage their relationship with death

This ain’t culture war– it’s one cult in action with two rival factions

Materialism is no way out of Cartesian dualism It just turns backwards– I am, therefore I think– in an infinite regress

All art’s politi– cal but some art is more re– ligious than others

Much of life is boring Which is also why Life is so funny

I was the first ever lobster discovered in the wild with a rubber band around my claw clamping it shut

Everyone looks out for their own f… This is normal But looking out for your own first by dehumanizing the other for looking out for their own firs…

I don’t meet many people with a mind like a steel trap Instead, the really smart people tend to have minds like trawling n… to catch the really big fish

Liberalism without religion is lik… dining at an all-you-can-eat buffe… There’s plenty of everything but everything is so-so Religion without liberalism is lik…

As ever There is the easy way And the hard way The hard way Is being condemned to a freedom

The lamppost is an outpost Where it’s safe to admit That between you, me, and the lamp… Self-knowledge is over-rated Self-deception is automated

I can’t guess your age but I can guess your age when you got that tattoo

It was always true that if you tried to save the relationship by looking the other way eventually they’d want to be

We are connected therefore I think I am A nexus without a group