Literary critics, like a herd of cows or a school of fish, always face in the same direction, obeying that love for unity that every critic requires. The best people, like the best wines, come from the hills. For women, the sexual act is a means to a higher end. Health is merely the slowest way someone can die. As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public school.
Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once.
History simply documents the success of that approach. In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded. It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue. There are some micro-organisms that exhibit characteristics of both plants and animals. Kids used to ask you where they came from - now they tell you where to go.