Prickly City by Scott Stantis for December 15, 2018

Without the cells, there is no body. Without the body, there are no cells.

Importance is not determined by size. A microbe can kill you. The higher doesn’t stand without the lower, and all that.

For want of a nail the shoe was lost.

For want of a shoe the horse was lost.

For want of a horse the rider was lost.

For want of a rider the message was lost.

For want of a message the battle was lost.

For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.

And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

I’ve been told to stick my hand in a 5 gallon bucket and see what difference it makes. I don’t believe that because everybody has an effect on people around them.

We’re both, plain and simple. It’s good to have some humility and ambition.

All this vast majesty of creation, it had to mean something. And then I meant something too. Yes, smaller than the smallest, I meant something too. To God, there is no zero

We are such stuff as dreams are made of (paraphrasing Daschiell Hammett).

“Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think above a certain caliber.” Terry Pratchett.