There was a thing called Heaven; but all the same they used to drink enormous quantities of alcohol. - Aldous Huxley

We live together, we act on, and react to one another; but always, and in all circumstances, we are by ourselves.

"That so many of the well fed young television-watchers in the world's most powerful democracy should be so completely indifferent to the idea of self-government, so blankly uninterested in freedom of thought and the right to dissent, is distressing, but not too surprising. "Free as a bird", we say, and envy the winged creatures for their power of unrestricted movement in all the three dimensions. But alas, we forget the dodo. Any bird that has learned how to grub up a good living without being compelled to use its wings will soon renounce the privilege of flight and remain forever grounded."

No holiday is ever anything but a disappointment.