What is literature but an insider's newsletter about affairs relating to molecules, of no importance to… — Kurt Vonnegut

I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive.

Time is liquid. One moment is no more important than any other and all moments quickly run away.

"We're having a celebration, so all sorts of things have been said which are not true," I said. "That's how to act at a party."