Greater than the temptations of beauty are those of method. - James Richardson

I lied. And my embarrassment was so great that I changed everything else to make the lie true.

Suppose you had to remember to beat your heart, contract in exact sequence the muscles you use for every step. … Conservatism comes out of the body, the sense of many things being done for us that any attempt to re-think, or even make conscious, would fatally disrupt.

It is less important to escape pain than to avoid exceptionless rules.