Okay. That means that our whole solar system could be, like one tiny atom in the fingernail of some other giant being. This is too much! That means one tiny atom in my fingernail could be… one tiny universe.

Asking someone if they’re from Jersey does not an intellectual conversation make 

“‘Why on earth do we do this?’ Fugate muses, only to then answer her own question with the kind of selfless assurance so central to the Ballet NY spirit.” Why does Spec do this, Bwog mused. Why do they think sticking two entirely unrelated words together gives a description a more sophisticated meaning? Selfless. Assurance. Selfless assurance. Bwog beats on, back against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

Alveda King opportunistic, “feminist”

Fairly certain this might have originally been published during the Cold War