Adichie on Lee

--sometimes novels are considered "important" in the way medicine is – they taste terrible and are difficult to get down your throat, but are good for you. The best novels are those that are important without being like medicine; they have something to say, are expansive and intelligent but never forget to be entertaining and to have character and emotion at their centre--

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Look Inward

....began to look inward, at themselves, and at the categories of gender, cultural, and political identity in which they were entangled, feeling that if Indonesians engaged in more introspection, really came to know themselves, much of the conflict in society could be avoided (Titarubi, 2004)

The Best Invention of Life

And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent

(Steve Jobs, 1955-2011)

It's here to stay

Yes, the internet is a scary place. But we've known for a long time that, like rock n'roll, it's here to stay.

(Kristy Roschke, high school teacher)

so you think you can make conclusions from reading a person's eyes & facial expression??

I sometimes think that people's hearts are like deep wells

Nobody knows what's at the bottom

All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while

(Haruki Murakami)

faith & doubt

Me found a very good article in New Yorker on faith & doubt. Click through the color link...

facebook sonnet

We are in an era where we can watch television online. Here's the digital age sonnet: