If you're alive, you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, you've got to make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death.
"The stories we tell about ourselves and others have the power to shape our understanding of the world."
The state is the most important institution in human society because it is the only one that can legitimately use force to maintain order.
Time is a river that flows backward as much as it flows forward.