004706

“I am pretty sure I would never have read a newspaper if I knew that doing so would create a permanent data-map of which articles, words or phrases I attended over what periods of attentional time that was available to the publisher and others — but not me. I...

004707

“There are these welcome, albeit fancy acknowledgments of the three problematic elements of metaphoric imagining: discernment of similarity in disparate, imaginal double sight, and disclosure of what might be called truthful unreality. Can there be metaphor...

004710

“Be unafraid to think exquisitely beautiful thoughts, and even less afraid to demonstrate, in true relation, their origins and natures.” — an intelligence agent

004711

“In some sense that I can curiously entertain, I understand the great holy books (with a few exceptions) as science fiction stories. And in our time this is a branch of literature where modern prophets can hide in plain sight. There are differences in that these...

004715

“To the candle, the world seems a darkness. Until it is ignited.” — an anonymous informant