Question Technology: Another from James Richardson

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Another from James Richardson

"That gentle, harmless drug that would make me permanently happier? I would refuse it. After all, I can't tell myself from my limits. It would be like dying for a great cause: nothing of me would be left to know what I'd done. And I am no hero."

- from Vectors: Aphorisms & Ten-Second Essays.

I highly recommend Richardson for anyone who likes aphorisms and prose poems. The subject matter varies widely -- it just happened that a couple seemed relevant to this blog.

Jul 26, 2009 12:15:06 PM | Books, Society, Technology

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