sometimes ...

Four years ago... No, it was yesterday.
Today I... No, that wasn't me.
Sometimes I... No, I don't.

I read that somewhere. It was billed as a "short story", by a guy called Steven Wright. I collect quotes in a half-assed sporadic way. Anyway, it's not about me, but sometimes, hey, sometimes it could be any of us, right?

Or maybe it is just me. It could never be Mike, I know that. But come on, be honest, doesn't it resonate with you just a little?

I don't know who you are, of course. Don't particularly want to, truth be known. There's something about this whole cast a message in a bottle thing ... I don't know ...

Here's another quote - a bit more famous:

No man is an island,
Entire of himself.

Ok, don't quote me on that - it's just my memory of the quote, I may have got the odd word wrong. But I remember who wrote it: Donne. John Donne? Anyway, he was a poet, and a bishop too I think, about 300 years ago.

And he knew that people can't survive on their own. Hey, how many animals can? But humans are very very social, that's where we've put our energies. And I know I need people, but ... I guess I want it to be on my terms.

All about control, I guess. Well, isn't that a surprise?