Being illegitimate is a technicality. It does not mean that there is anything wrong with you. Men use “bastard” as a curse. But to use the term thus is to show that they themselves are...

How had it come about that these particular designs were chosen as our letters? Who decreed what sound would accompany each shape? And how was it decided the manner they would come together to form...

The Maestro spoke again. “When we are not, at what point do we become?” I could not reply. For I had grasped no shape of his thoughts. I understood neither what he said nor his...

Lying eats into the soul. If it becomes a habit it frays the edge of your spirit. Truth telling, although sometimes harder to do, strengthens your heart. It serves a person ill not to tell...

She looked… She looked young, and- and–” I glanced down at Rossana gazing up at me, lips parted, eyes shining, her hair loose around her shoulders, and the next words I spoke were intended with...

He could quite quickly become detached from the nuances of common human emotion. Particularly if he was engaged in some aspect of a scientific problem or research. His work excluded any consideration for the feelings...