"I am a theist. I live life between that "a" and the "t." It's a vast little space."

“It's as if people used the invention of seat belts as an opportunity to take up drunk driving.”

Source : John Lanchester (2010). “I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay”, p.80, Simon and Schuster

“Remember laughing? Laughter enhances the blood flow to the body’s extremities and improves cardiovascular function. Laughter releases endorphins and other natural mood elevating and pain-killing chemicals, improves the transfer of oxygen and nutrients to internal organs. Laughter boosts the immune system and helps the body fight off disease, cancer cells as well as viral, bacterial and other infections. Being happy is the best cure of all diseases!”

“When we truly embrace acceptance, that's when our body exhales and can begin healing.”

“Photography is a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held anywhere ...”

“The British press can be so annoying. They jerk you off with one hand and smack you with the other.”

“If you’re not pissing someone off, you probably aren’t doing anything important.”

“And so, you can do hundreds and hundreds of studies showing a general factor and just so long as you restrict your populations, your testing materials and the kinds of situations you look at, you can keep finding the same wrong thing again and again.”

“The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.”