A loaded gun

It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed.

Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. … The difference…

Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.

'Stuff your eyes with wonder,' he said, 'live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask no guarantees, ask for no…

It's not books you need, it's some of the things that once were in books. … Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is nothing…

If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none. … Cram them full of non-combustible data, chock them so…