Human being are ultimately nothing but carriers - passageways - for genes. They ride us into the ground like racehorses from generation to generation." -

“Someone who can search for something is happy. Searching gives a meaning to lif…”

“When I open them, most of the books have the smell of an earlier time leaking o…”

“I sat on a somewhat higher sand dune and watched the eastern sky. Dawn in Mongo…”

“Most things are forgotten over time. Even the war itself, the life-and-death st…”