We Are One Of Only Three Species

The Rules Of Grammar Exist In Large Part To Permit Readers And Writers To Operate From A Shared Set Of Expectations.

Sometimes I Think Man Needs To Feel A Special Position Within Nature, And This Leads Him To Believe That He Is Either Specially Hated By Other Animals Or Specially Cherished. Instead Of The Truth, Which Is That He's Just Another Animal On The Plain. A Smart One, But Just Another Animal.

A Man Can See By Starlight, If He Takes The Time.

The Fact That The Patients Were Complex Human Beings With A Rich Life Beyond The Hospital Never Really Sank Into The Consciousness Of The Residents. Because They Had No Rich Lives Beyond The Hospital, They Assumed No One Else Did, Either. In The End, What They Lacked Was Not Medical Knowledge But Ordinary Life Experience.

Expectation Works In Mysterious Ways---and Totally Unconsciously.