Planetfall

He doesn’t answer. I can’t stand these little silences from him. They’re too loud.

As a scientist, I know this is madness. But I also know this is an act of faith.

That was the second major lie I told that week. It gets easier, in some ways; now I lie without expending any effort. But I think each one has its own weight. One alone may barely register, like a grain of sand in the palm of one’s hand. But soon enough there’s more than can be held and they start to slip through our grasp if we’re not careful.

I’m always careful.

I think that interpreting events as signs from God is a slippery slope.

Once you let someone into the building it’s harder to keep them out of all the rooms.

There may be only a thousand or so people here, but it’s easy enough to make the pressure of conformity irresistible. Hell, sometimes we only need one other person to make us fall into line.

Saying it’s a sign from God is an interpretation, not a fact.

The simple truth emerges like a bubble of swamp gas and just as foul.

One should never break a sacred law when under the influence of psychoactive substances.

It’s no easier to climb down than it is to go up. It just torments a different set of muscles.

Guilt sometimes comes from stupid places.

I think “majority” is one of my least favorite words. It’s so often used to justify bad decisions.