Homo sapiens doesn’t seem able to cut himself off at the supply end. He’s one of the few species that doesn’t limit reproduction in the face of dwindling resources. In other words—and up to a point, of course—the less we eat, the more we fuck.

“...the hearts gone bubonic with jealousy and greed, glinting through the vests …”

“They are boiling with the pressured energy of explosive forces confined in a sm…”

“Human tool-makers always make tools that will help us get what we want, and wha…”

“Writing is work. It’s also gambling. You don’t get a pension plan. Other people…”