“Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.”
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Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.
I've always seen the world through the eyes of a scientist. I love the predictable outcomes that science gives us, the control over the world that that can render.
I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that.
